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AVERY  ARCHITECTURAL  AND  FINE  ARTS  LIBRARY 
Gin  OF  SEYMOUR  B.  Durst  Old  York  Library 


NEW  YORK, 

1896. 

ILLUSTRATED. 


AMERICAN    PUB.    AND    ENG.  CO.. 
146,  148  aiiD  150  IHassau  Street, 


CLASSICS 
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GENERAL  INDEX 


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AmiOTT,  William  H,,  Jr.,  Architect   139 

Abele,  Chris.,  Millwright  and  Machinist,  Sole  Manfr.  Abele's  Patent 

Mills  and  Roasting  Machinery    167 

Abrahams  &  Schwarz,  Importers  and  Jobbers  Fine  Woolens   174 

Adams,  W.  D.,  Contracting  Engineer   167 

Adler,  A.  L.,  Granite  and  Marble  Works   131 

Alaska    Gold    Syndicate    Company,    Denslow,    Ward    &    Co.,  Fiscal 

Agents  67-68 

Alexander,  Leo,  &  Co.,  Agricultural  Implements  and  Machinery,  Rail- 
way and  Contractors'  Supplies   177 

Allen,  Frank  S.,  Portable  Electric  Boat  Propeller  Company   149 

AUerton,  Clarke  Company,  Manfrs.  and  Manfrs'.  Agents  for  Hardware, 

Tools  and  Specia'ties   04 

American  Air  Power  Company,  Air  Power  for  Surface  and  Elevated 

Railways  and  Industrial  Uses   94 

American  Box  Machine  Company  83-84-S5 

American  Credit-Indemnity  Company,  The,  of  New  York   93 

American  Diamond    Rock  Drill  Company,  Manfrs.  Diamond  Pointed 

Core  Drills  for  Prospecting  Mineral  Lands,  Boring  Wells,  etc   96 

American  Fire  Resisting  Paint  Company,  Manfrs.  of  Paints  and  Kalso- 

mines   126 

American  Gas  Control  Company   96 

American  Gas  Furnace  Company,  E.  P.  Reichhelm  &  Co.,  Sole  Agents..  139 

American  Safety  Window  Company                                                    ....  124 

Arminius  Chemical  Company   106 

Arnold,  Peck  &  Co.,  Indigo,  Dye  Stuffs,  Chemicals   no 


Atlerbury  Bros.,  Importers  and  Packers  of  Papermakers  Supplies   141 

Audsley,  W.  &  G.,  Architects   99 

Automatic  Tap  and  Faucet  Company,  The,  Edward  Matthews,  Agent..  .  163 


Babcock-Lary  Dredging  Company   124 

Ballantine  &  Tracy,  Architects   86 

Barnard,  W.   A.,  &  Co.,   Gold    and  Silver  Refiners  and  Dealers  in 

Jewelry   119 

Barth,  L.,  Havana  and  Sumatra  Tobacco,  and  Packer  of  Seed  Leaf   177 

Bartlett  Lamp  Manufacturing  Company,  Owners  and  Manfrs.  Bartlett's 

Patent  Globe  Lamps  for  Streets,  Parks  and  Railway  Stations   97 

Bayer,  Adolph,  &  Son,  Manfrs.  Clinical  Thermometers   118 

Bayne,  H.  D.,  &  Co.,  Electrical  and  Mechanical  Contracting  Engineers.  82 

Beatty,  C.  F.,  Hatters'  Fine  Printing   150 

Belding  Brothers  &  Co.,  Silk  Manfrs   100 

Bennett,  Sloan  &  Co.,  Cigar  Manfrs   I43 

Bent,  R.  M.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Detachable  Upright  Pianofortes   114 

Berger,  Lewis,  &  Sons,  Limited,  Manfrs.  of  Colors,  Paints  and  Var- 
nishes, Vermilion,  Carmine,  etc   112 

Bertault,  Edward,  Mgr.  American  Branch  Chocolat-Menier   128 

Bloch,  H.  M.,  &  Bro.,  Manfrs.  Pants   115 

Blumers,  John,  Importer,  Manfr.  and  Jobber  Butter,  Cheese,  Western 

Bolognas  and  Delicatessen   79 

Bolton,  Reginald  Pelham,  Consulting  Mechanical  Engineer   81 


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Booth,  Samuel,  Thirty-fifth  Street  Steam  Boiler  Works   126 

Booth  &  Co.,  Sheepskins   101 

Boston  Woven  Hose  and  Rubber  Company,  11.  F.  Hering,  Mgr   105 

Bowery  Savings  Bank,  The   89 

Bradley  &  Poates,  Engravers   132 

Brauss,  R.,  &  Co,,  Chinese,  Japanese  and  Straits  Goods   138 

Brignati,  D.,  &  Co.,  Import,  Export,  Ocean  Freights   133 

Brower,  John,  Archiiect   135 

Brown,  P.  Wesley,  N.  Y.  Representative,  Green  Ridge  Iron  Works  A. 

L.  Spenser,  Propr. ,  Scranton,  Pa   75 

Brussel,  Hugo,  Exporter   119 

Buffalo  Forge  Company,  William  O.  Steele.  Representing   105 

Bynner,  T.  B.,  Gold  Jewelry,  Diamonds,  Opals,  Pearls  and  all  Precious 

Stones     139 

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Caffall  Bros.,  Buildings  Renovated,  Waterproofed  and  Preserved  by 

Special  Process   71 

Calumet  Fire  Clay  Company,  The,  Arthur  N.  Pierson  &  Co.,  Eastern 

Selling  Agents     115 

Campbell,  A.  J.,  Est.  of,  F.  A.  Howell,  Mgr.,  Fire  Proofed  Woodwork..  166 

Capo-Farad  Battery  and  Appliance  Works,  Jas.  J.  Pearson,  Propr   106 

Carey,  Henry,  General  Appraiser   141 

Carpenter,   E.   C,   Panel,  Map    and    Show-Card  Mounting  and  Tin 

Edging   138 

Case  Refrigerating  Machine  Company,  Charles  A.  Schaefer,  General 

Eastern  Agent     138 

Chapel,  Eugene  P  ,  Wholesale  Lumber   77 

Chaskel  Chemical  Works,  The   102 

China  and  Japan  Trading  Company,  Ltd.,  General  Importers  and  Ex- 
porters   71 

Chocolat-Menier,  (American  Branch),  Edward  Bertault,  Mgr   128 

Church,  George  W.,  Importer  and  Jobber.  Metals,  Tools  and  Supplies.  .  73 

Clausen,  Charles  C,  Maltster     74 

Collins,  H.  E.,  &  Co.,  Wm.  R.  Sattler,  Mgr.,  Sole  Agents  the  "Cahall" 

Vertical  Water  Tube  Boilers   107 

Columbian  Fire-Proofing  Company   103 

Columbian  Foundry,  Sylvester  N.  Leary,  Propr.,  Foundry  and  Machine 

Works   145 

Cooper,  H.,  General  Machine  Works   141 


Cowperthwait,  B.  M.,      Co.,  Furniture,  Carpels,  etc  122 

Coxford,  William  F.,  Manfr.  Firearms   153 

Crane,  Geo.  C,  Company,  Pianos   iif> 

Cresson  &  Clearfield  Coal  and  Coke  Company,  C.  J.  Wittenberg,  General 

Sales  Agent   74 

Crocker  Chair  Company   I53 

Crosman  &  Raque,  Designers  and  Contractors  for  Ornamental  Iron, 

Brass  and  Bronze  Work   101 

Cunningham,  William  B.,  Importer  of  Jute  Goods   127 

Curtis,  George  M.,  Jr.,  Real  Estate  and  Appraiser   123 

Cutting,  John  T.,  &  Co.,  Eastern  Agents,  Sperry  Flour  Company   158 

T) 

Davies,  Turner  &  Co.,  Foreign  Express  and  Freight  Carriers,  Custom 

House  Brokers   77 

Denipsey,  M.  J.,  Propr.  Standard  Rolling  Mill,  Manlr.  Merchant  Bar 

and  Horse  Shoe  Iron   78 

Denslow,  Ward  &  Co.,  Fiscal  Agents  Alaska  Gold  Syndicate  Company. 67-68 

De  Valliere,  Hermann,  Grecian  Magnesite   132 

Dimock  &  Fink,  Wrought  and  Cast  Iron  Pipe  and  Fittings,  Supplies  for 

Plumbers,  Steam  and  Gas  Fitters,  etc   90 

Donovan,  Daniel  E.,  Granite  for  Macadam,  Mastic,  Sidewalks,  Paving 

Blocks,  Concrete  Binder,  Polishmg,  Building  Stone   113 

Droescher,  S.   R  ,    Importer   Razor   Hones,  Cutlery   an.i  Hardware 

Specialties   161 

Dutton  Pneumatic  Lock  and  Engineering  Company   136 

Eddowes  Bros.,  Photographers   I55 

Edge,  Thomas  G.,  Representing  McKee  &  Bro.,  Glassware;  and  War- 
wick China  Company,  Pottery   71 

Ellingwood,  Francis  L. ,  Architect   142 

Elmendorf,  John  B.,  Bookbinders'  and  Printers'  Machinery   69 

Empire  Brass  and  Metal  Works,  Artistic  Brass,  Bronze  and  Iron  Work.  145 

English,  George  L.,  &  Co.,  Mineralogists   109 

Enet  Flour  Export  Company,  The   125 


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Faluing.  Frederic  J.,  Consulting  Engineer,  Cliemical  Plant  and  Ap- 
paratus  125 

Fitch,  James,  Marble  and  Granite  Works   159 

Fitzpatrick  &  Somers,  Corsets   147 

Flanagan,  William  C,  Real  Estate  Broker   133 

Fleming,  D.  B.,  Currier   156 

Fleming,  W.  H.,  Manfr.  Fleming  Dynamo  Brush   69 

Francis,  E.  E.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  and  Commission  Dealers  in  Stiff  and  Soft 

Fur  Hats   i74 

Frank,  Jo.,  Representative,  George  W.  Fulton  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Silk  Cur- 
tains, etc   109 

French,  J.  C. ,  &  Son,  Manfrs.  Vault  and  Sidewalk  Lights   166 

Frerichs,  Fr.,  Manfr.  of  and  Dealer  in  Vinegar  and  Pickles   iSo 

Fuller,  E.  C,  &  Co  ,  Bookbinders'  and  Printers'  Machinery   161 

Fulton,  George  W, ,  &  Co.,  Jo.  Frank,  Representative,  Manfrs.  Silk  Car- 
tains,  etc   109 

General  Fire  Extinguisher  Comi'ANV,  E.  O.  Richards,  Department 

Agent  ,   92 

Glatner  &  Hyman,  Tailors  and  Importers   155 

Glen,  John,  Exporter. ...    97 

Graton  &  Knight  Manufacturing  Company,  B.  Otis  Hoge,  Mgr.  N.  Y. 

Branch,  Oak  Tanned  Leather  Belting,  etc   103 

Green  Ridge  Iron  Works,  A.  L.  Spenser,  Propr.,  Scranton,  Pa.,  P.  Wes- 
ley Brown,  N.  Y.  Representative   75 

Gross  &  Wise,  Commission,  and  Importers  of  Silks,  Satins,  Velvets,  etc.  123 
Gunst,  J.  M.,  Disinfecting  Company   117 

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Haight,  a.  S.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs'.  Agents   134 

Harter,  The  Isaac,  Company,  Fostoria,  O.,  C.  H.  Pearson,  Agent,  Mer- 
chant Millers   65 

Hamilton  Malleable   Iron  Company,  The,  Manfrs.  the  Adams  Metal 

Railway  Tie   81 

Hanlon  &  Goodman.  Brushes   130 

Hardman  &  La  Grassa,  Manfrs.  Pianos   116 


PACE 

Hayward  Company.  The   125 

Hazelton  Boiler  Company,  The   102 

Hering,  H.  F.,  Mgr.  Boston  Woven  Hose  and  Rubber  Company   105 

Herold's,  H.,  Son,  Manfr.  Fine  Harness,  Russet  and  Collar  Leather, 

Original  Black  Wool  Sheepskins   115 

Heydebrand  Safety  Window  Company,  The   179 

Hill  Clutch  Works,  The,  Joseph  E.  Irwin,  Mgr.  Eastern  Office   108 

Hippel,  Tillard  &  Runk,  Manfrs.  Boys'  and  Children's  Clothing   76 

Hoge,  B.  Oiis,  Mgr.  N.  Y.  Branch,  Graton  &  Knight  Manufacturing 

Company,  Manfrs.  Oak  Tanned  Leather  Belting,  etc   103 

Holland  The  John  P.,  Torpedo  Boat  Company   179 

Holmes',  Samuel,  Steamship  Offices   i()2 

Holthusen,  A.  R.,  Manfr.  Ginger  Ale,  Sarsaparilla,  Soda  and  all  Mineral 

Waters  •.   177 

Howell,  F.  A.,  Mgr.  Est.  of  A.  J.  Campbell,  Fireproofed  Woodwork....  166 
Hudson  Plasterboard  Company,  Baker  Patent  Plasterboard  and  Fire- 
proofing   75 

Huhna,  Anthony,  Funeral  Director  and  Embalmer   174 

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Independent  Line,  C.  H.  Pearson  &  Co.,  General  Agents   66 

Irving  Savings  Institution   66 

Irwin,  E  W.,  Mgr.  The  Pratt  &  Whitney  Company,  Machinery  and 

Tools   78 

Irwin,  Joseph  E..  Mgr.  Eastern  Office  The  Hill  Clutch  Works   loS 

J 

Jackson's,  W.,  Sons,  Manfrs.  and  Importers  Grates,  Open  Fireplaces, 

Fenders,  Fire-Irons,  Andirons,  Tiles',  etc   130 

Jahl,  Albert  C,  Manfrs'.  Agent  for  Electrical  Supplies   149 

James  &  Holmstrom,  Manfrs.  Pianos   73 

Jayne,  William,  James  Leffel  &  Co.,  Water  Wheels   95 

Jenks,  Wm.   H.,  Contractor,  Dock,  Bridge   and  Shed    Builder  and 

Dredger   156 

Kalamein  Iron  Clad  Works,  Manfrs.  Campbell  Process  Kalameined 

Sheet  Iron  Clad  Woodwork   113 


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Kampfe  Bros.,  Manfrs.  The  Star  Safety  Razor   176 

Kaye  &  Einstein,  Importers  and  Manfrs.  Furs   i54 

Kerr  Bros.  &  Co.,  F.  H.  Melville,  Agent,  Manfrs.  Ash  and  Hickory 

Handles,  etc  

Kipp  Wagon  Works,  The,  of  New  York,  John  L.  Kipp,  Manfr.  Heavy 

Wagons,  Carts  and  Wheels  for  Export   '72 

Kite-Powell,  T.  H.,  Real  Estate,  Loans,  Stocks,  Bonds,  etc   loi 

Kniering  &  Spalckhaver,  Manfrs.  of  and  Dealers  in  Brass  Goods  and 

Plumbers'  Materials  

Koberlein,  F.,  Moulding  Cutler  Maker   I59 

Kohn  Bros.  &  Co  ,  Manfrs.  Cigars   15° 

Kraus  &  Lewin  Company,  Manfrs.  Fine  Cigars   I44 

Kraus-Merkel  Malting  Company   I47 

Kumberger,  Clements  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  The  Vreeland  Gas  Engines,  Ele- 
vators and  General  Machinists   1^9 

L 

Laidlaw    &    Macdonald,    Fireproofing    Mackite,    (Mac-ite)  Plaster 

boards.  Ceilings,  Two-inch  Fireproof  Partitions,  etc   73 

Leary,  Sylvester  N.,  Propr.  Columbian  Foundry,  Foundry  and  Machine 

Works  

Leffel,  James,  &  Co.,  Water  Wheels   95 

Lent,  Frank  T.,  Architect   123 

Le  Roy  Salt  Company,  The,  John  C.  Moses,  Selling  Agent   93 

Levine,  J.  H.,  Manfr.  Pictures  and  Frames   i59 

Levy  &  Werth  imer,  Proprs.,  Progress  Knitting  Mills,  Manfrs.  Athletic 

Sweaters,  Cardigan  Jackets,  Men's  Stockinet  Coats,  etc.  .  .    l(> 

Lincoln,  H.  S.,  Representing  The  Wheeling  Pottery  Company   151 

Long,  Frank  R.,  Contractor  and  Manfrs'.  Agent,  Bridges,  Iron  Roofs, 

Buildings,  Jail  Cells  and  Ornamental  Iron  Work   95 

Lott,  Schmitt  &  Hasselbring,  Manfrs.  Gold  and  Silver  Novelties  for 

Canes  and  Umbrellas   86 

Love  Electric  Traction  Company   152 

Lowenstein,  B.,  &  Bro.,  Proprs.The  Nassau  Smelting  and  Refining  Works,  163 


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McKibbin,  C.  H.,  &  Co.,  Railway,  Steamship  and  Contractors'  Supplies.  85 
McLean  Air  Pump  &  Machine  Company,  Hand  and  Water  Power  Air 

Pumps  and  Machines,  etc   126 

MacFarland,  S.  A.,  Statuary,  Monuments,  etc   70 

Madison  Laundry,  L.  Marbe  &  Bro   17° 

Mahoney,  T.,  &  Sons,  Builders     156 

Manhattan  Soap  Company   '^9 

Marbe,  L. ,  &  Bro.,  Madison  Laundry    17° 

Mardon,  H.  C,  Architectural  and  General  Wood  Carver   158 

Marotzki,  C.  A.,  Manfr.  Bar,  Store  and  Office  Fixtures   i73 

Mason  &  Co.,   Manfrs.  Fine  Cabinet  Trim,  Furniture,  Doors,  etc.. 

Builders  

Mathews,  A.  W.,  Roofing,  Metal  Cornices  and  Skylights   I77 

Matthews,  Edward,  Agent,  The  Automatic  Tap  and  Faucet  Company.  .  163 
Mayer,  Oscar,  Contractor  for  Galvanized  Iron  Work  for  Ventilation, 
etc.,  and  Manfr.  Speaking  Tubes,  Whistles,  Elbows  and  Electric 

Work   173 

Medicated  Tablet  Company,  The    '32 

Melville,  F.  H.,  Manfr.  Special  Mailing  Devices,  and  Agent  for  Kerr 

Bros.  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Ash  and  Hickory  Handles,  etc   lo" 

Merida  City  Gas  Company  

Midford  Pneumatic  Salvage  Company,  Recover  Sunken,  Stranded  and 

Derelict  Ships  

Miller  Bros.,  Cutlery  Company,  The,  L.  A.  Lightfoot,  Mgr.,  Manfrs. 

Fine  Pocket  Cutlery,  Ink  Erasers  and  Stsel  Pens   172 

Mills,  Robert  J.,  General  Contractor  and  Builder   64 

Mitchell,  D.,  Carpente-  and  Builder   148 

Montanye,  Harold,  Architect  

Mooney  &  Whitcomb,  Manfrs.  Fine  Stiff  and  Soft  Hats   123 

Mora,  Maximo  E.,  Exporter   9'' 

Moseman,  C.  M.,  &  Bro.,  Makers,  Importers  and  Exporters  of  Harness, 

Horse  Clothing,  etc   '34 

Moses,  John  C,  Selling  Agt.  The  Le  Roy  Salt  Company   93 

Mulligan  M.,  &  Son,  Steam  Stone  Works   I47 

Mutual  Iron  Works,  Manfrs.  Fire  Escapes,  Bridle  Irons,  etc   129 


M  TV 

McClfli  and  On.  Purifier  Company                                                   109     Nanaimo  Coal  Mining  Company  of  British  Columbia,  Ltd   90 

McEvoy,  Edward  J.,  Electrical  Engineer                                                  79  Nassau  Smelting  and  Refinmg  Works,  The,  B.  Lowenstein  &  Bro.,  Proprs.  163 

McKee  &  Hro.,  Thomas  P.  Edge,  Representative,  Glassware                      71     National  Pipe  Bending  Company,  The,  J.  J.  Nef,  General  Mgr   127 


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Nebel,  M.,  &  Bros.,  Importers,  Manfrs.  and  Repairers  of  Violins,  Bows, 

Strings   159 

Nef,  J.  J.,  General  Mgr.  The  National  Pipe  Bending  Company   127 

Neilson,  H.  A.,  Mgr.  Thomas  Strahan  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Wall  Papers  and 

Decorative  Specialties   63 

N'ew  York  and  Brooklyn  Malting  Company,  Barley  Malt   112 

New  York  Confection  Company,  The,  S.  J.  Everitt,  Mgr.,  Manfrs.  Fine 

Confectionery  for  Railroads,  Circuses  and  Excursions   loS 

New  York  Consolidated  Card  Company,  The,  Manfrs.  Playing  Cards.  .  .  121 

New  York  Dredging  Company   105 

New  York  Show  Case  Company,  The,  A.  Terhune,  Mgr   117 

Norton  &  Co.,  Thomas  E.  Stanley,  Agent,  Merchant  Millers  and  Ex- 
porters of  Grain   132 

o 

O'Brien  Electric  Construction  Co.mpany,  The   97 

OUesheimer,  Theodore,  &  Bros.,  Importers  and  Manfrs.  Baskets,  Wil- 
low Ware,  Wooden  Ware,  Kitchen  and  House  Furnishing  Goods. .  .  S6 
Otto,  Albert  C,  Manfr.  Fine  Furniture   122 

Pe.arson,  C.  H.,  &  Co.,  Importers  and  E.xporters   64 

Pearson,  Jas.  J.,  Propr.  Capo-Farad  Battery  and  Appliance  Works   106 

Peerless  Rubber  Manufacturing  Company,  Manfrs.  Fine  Mechanical 

Rubber  Goods    110 

Perrin,  Grenville,  &  Co.,  Flour  and  Grain   loS 

Peters,  H.  B.,  &  Co.,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Fine  Watch  Materials 

and  Tools   117 

Pierce  Well  Engineering  and  Supply  Company,  Engineers  and  Con- 
tractors for  Water  Works,  Water  Supply,  Artesian  Wells,  etc   95 

Pierson,  Arthur  N.,  &  Co.,  Eastern  Selling  Agents,  The  Calumet  Fire 

Clay  Company   115 

Pneumatic  Fire  Alarm  Telegraph  Company   129 

Portable  Electric  Boat  Propeller  Company,  Frank  S.  Allen   149 

Post,  Carroll  J.,  Jr.,  Designing  and  Engraving  on  Wood   177 

Powhatan  Clay  Manufacturing  Company,  Manfrs.  Cream  White  Brick..  155 
Pratt  &  Whitney  Company,  The,  E.  W.  Irwin,  Mgr.,  Machinery  and 

Tools   7S 


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Progress  Knitting  Mills,  Levy  &  Wertheimer,  Proprs.,  Manfrs.  Athletic 


Sweaters,  Cardigan  Jackets,  Men's  Stockinet  Coats,  etc                 .  .  76 

Pyterman.  Thomas,  Tailor   150 

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R.\UTKE,  G.  A.  (Radtke,  Lauckner  Ot  Co.).  Publishers  and  Importers  of 

Etchings,  Engravings,  etc   134 

Randall,  Stephen  M.,  Contractor  and  Builder   104 

Reconstructed  Granite  Company   77 

Reichhelm,  E.  P.,  &  Co.,  Sole  Agents  American  Gas  Furnace  Company.  139 

Reischmann,  M.,  &  Sons  Manfrs.  Fine  Furniture   154 

Reinhardt,  H.,  Manfrs'.  Agent   121 

Rex  Fire  E.xtinguisher  Company,  The   162 

Richards,  E.  O.,  Department  Agent  General  Fire  Extinguisher  Company  92 
Richards,  H.  De  C,  Constructing  Engineer  and  Contractor,  Railroads 

and  Water  Works,  Electric  Railways   107 

Roberts,  John  J.,  Contractor  in  Plastering   131 

Roch,  L.  G.,  Agent,  Zomose,  Yves  Marchier's  French  Meat  Extract  with 

Vegetables   128 

Rochester  Lamp  Company,  Manfrs.  Rochester  Lamp   92 

Rosenthal  Bros.,  Manfrs.  Fine  Cigars   115 

Sarle,  John  F.,  Paper  Warehouse   69 

Sattler,  Wm.  R.,  Mgr.   H.   E.  Collins  &  Co.,  Sole  Agents  for  the 

"Cahall"  Vertical  Water  Tube  Boilers   X07 

Sawyer  &  Gilman,  Manfrs.  Ladies',  Misses'  and  Children's  Straw  and 

Felt  Goods   154 

Schaefer,  Charles  A.,   General    Eastern   Agent   Case  Refrigerating 

Machine  Company   138 

Schleich,  Paul,  Artistic  Wood  Carver  and  Machine  Carving   172 

Schleicher  &  Sons,  High  Grade  Pianos   143 

Schnitzler  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Braids,  Cords  and  Moulds   117 

Schock,  Gustav,  Union  Machine  and  Millwright  Works   156 

Scovill  &  Adams  Company,  The,  of  New  York,  Photographic  Materials.  104 

Second  National  Bank  of  the  City  of  N  ew  I  ork   74 

SkiUon  &  Son,  Contractors  and  Exporters   82 

Smith,  W.  J.,  &  Co.,  House  and  Sign  Painters   148 


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Smith  &  Gaylor,  Carpenter-Builders  and  General  Contractors   88 

Snyder,  Hiram,  &  Co.,  Rosendale,  Hydraulic  and  Portland  Cements.  ...  72 
Spencer  Optical  Company,  Manfrs.  Optical  Lenses,  Trial  Cases,  Spec- 
tacles and  Eyeglasses   142 

Spenser,  A.  L.,  Propr.  Green  Ridge  Iron  Works,  Scranton,  Pa.,  P. 

Wesley  Brown,  N.  Y.  Representative   75 

Sperry  Flour  Company,  John  T.  Cutting  &  Co.,  Eastern  Agents   15S 

Spratt's  Patent  (America).  Limited,  Manfrs.  Spratt's  Patent  Dog  Biscuit.  116 

Stachelberg,  !\L,  &  Co.,  Importers  and  Makers  of  Havana  Cigars   124 

Standard  Rolling  Mill,  M.  J.  Dempsey,  Propr.,  Man  fr.  Merchant  Bar  and 

Horse  Shoe  Iron   78 

Standard  Rubber  Company   167 

Standard  Structural  Company,  The,  Engineers  and  Contractors   81 

Stanley,  Thomas  E.,  Agent  Norton  &  Co.,  Merchant  Millers  and  Ex- 
porters of  Grain   132 

Steele,  William  O.,  Representing  Buffalo  Forge  Company   105 

Story,  W.  H.,  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants   136 

Strahan,  Thomas,  &  Co.,  H.  A.  Neilson,  Mgr.,  Manfrs.  Wall  Papers 

and  Decorative  Specialties   63 

Strath  &  Schwind,  Tailors   133 

Sugden,  Eben,  Fancy  Curtains  and  Lambrequins   129 

Swanson  Machine  Works,  The     145 

Taintor,  The  H.  F.,  Manufacturing   Comtany,  English  Cliffstone 

Paris  White,  Whiting   142 

Terhune,  A.,  Mgr.  The  New  York  Show  Case  Company   117 

Thirty-fifth  Street  Steam  Boiler  Works,  Samuel  Booth   126 

Thomas  &  Harper,  Manfrs.  Silk  Curtains  and  Tapestry  Goods,  etc   119 

Tilge,  Henry,  &  Co.,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Halters'  Goods   130 

Titsworth,  J.  D.,  &  Son,  Brokers  and  Resident  Buyers  of  Drugs,  Chem- 
icals, etc   141 

Tostevin's,  Peter,  Sons,  Builders   155 

Tucker  Stationery  Company,  Manfg.  and  Retail  Stationers   176 

Tuerk  Hydraulic  Power  Company,  The,  Sole  Manfrs.  Tuerk  Water 

Motors,  Eclipse  Hydraulic  Elevators,  Current  Water  Meters   79 

CJ 

Union  Dime  Savings  Institution   144 

Union  Machine  and  Millwright  Works,  Gustav  Schock   156 

United  States  Fuel  and  Stove  Company   90 


Valfer.  S.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Fine  Velvet,  Plush  and  Morocco  Cases  for 

Jewelry  and  Silverware   108 

Van  Orden  Corset  Company     154 

Van  Tassel,  William  H.,  West  Side  Architectural  Iron  Works   127 

Vlasto,    Solon   J.,    Importer  of   Brimstone,    Manganese,  Magnesite, 

Chrome  and  Iron  Ores   102 

w 

Warwick  China  Company,  Thomas  G.  Edge,  Representing,  Pottery  ...  71 

Wayland-Smith,  F.,  &  Sons,  Iron   82 

Weeks,  D.  C,  &.  Son,  Masons  and  Builders   63 

Wertheim,  B.,  &  Son,  Hides,  Calf  and  Sheep  Skins     72 

Wesel,  The  F. ,  Manufacturing  Company,  Printers'  Machinery  and  Sup- 
plies   151 

Wessell,  Nickel  &  Gross,  Manfrs.  Pianoforte  Actions   87 

Westerly  Granite  Company,  The,  Builders  of  Fine  Monuments,  Mauso- 
leums and  Tombs   164 

West  Side  Architectural  Iron  Works,  William  H.  Van  Tassel   127 

Wheeling  Pottery  Company,  The,  H.  S.  Lincoln,  Representing   151 

White,  Franklin  C,  Hardware  Manfrs'.  Agent   106 

Whyte,  Wm.  C,  Mason  and  Builder   148 

Wick,  Alfred,  Architectural  Woodwork   139 

Wicke,  William,  Company,  Cigar  Boxes,  Labels,  Ribbons  and  Cigar 

Manfrs'.  Supplies   89 

Wiebke,  H  ,  &  Co.,  Exporters   no 

Wildermann,  Chas.,  Publisher  and  Importer   76 

Wittenberg,  C.  J.,  General  Sales  Agent,  Cresson  &  Clearfield  Coal  and 

Coke  Company   74 

Wood,  The  Walter  R.,  Company,  Limited,  Mechanical  Engineers   149 

X-ODE  Company,  The   119 

Y 

Yates,  Andrew,  Shipman  Oil  Burning  Engines   78 

Zimmerman-Castle  Wheel  Company,  High  Grade  Cycles   170 


'  She  looks  a  sea-Cybele,  fresh,  from  Ocean, 
Kising  with  her  tiara  of  proud  towers 

At  airy  distance,  with  majestic  motion, 
A  ruler  of  the  waters  and  their  powers 

And  such  she  is  -.-her  daughters  have  their  dowers 


1896. 


From  the  spoils  of  trade,  and  the  exhaustless  West 
Pours  in  her  lap  its  wealth  in  sparkling  showers. 
In  purple  was  she  robed,  and  of  her  feast 

Monarchs  partook,  and  deem'd  their  dignity  increased/ 


NEW  YORK  not  only  ranks  first  as  the  most  populous  and  important 
city  of  the  Western  Hemisphere,  but  as  the  most  progressive  and 
enterprising  city  in  the  world.  Its  growtli  is  so  rapid — its 
improvements  on  such  a  gigantic  scale  that  a  resident  retuiiiing 
from  a  year's  absence  would  be  astonished  at  the  magnificent  changes 
effected  in  so  short  a  space  of  time.    Tlie  splendid  buildings  wliicli  have 


been  erected  in  the  past  few  years  are  not  surpassed  by  any  in  the  world 
for  beauty  of  architecture,  ornamental  design,  conveniences  and  utility  : 
and  a  bird's-eye  view  of  the  city  at  the  present  time  would  hardly  be 
recognized  us  the  New  York  of  a  decade  ago;  in  fact  it  seems  as  Michael 
Augelo  said  of  the  immense  Dome  of  the  Cathedral  of  Florence — the  prod- 
uct of  his  genius — when  he  saw  it  completed,  '  It  is  built  in  tlie  air."  So 


34 


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one  would  exclaim  on  belioldiiiir  the  New  York  of  to-day  as  compared  with 
the  city  of  only  a  few  years  ago.  One  superb  buihling  after  another  has 
displaced  the  smaller  ones  of  years  back,  which  not  only  increase  the  grand- 
eur of  the  Metropolis  but  is  indicative  of  the  proportions  to  which  the 
business  and  commerce  ot  the  city  has  attained,  and  which  arc  indeed  but 
signs  of  the  times,  as  demanding  increased  facilities  and  more  luxurious 
business  houses.  In  fact  New  York  is  repjesentative  of  the  spirit  of  the 
Ameiican  Age  and  is  a  city  of  which  America  may  feel  justly  proud. 
When  one  reflects  that  the  tallest  building  in  New  York  live  years  ago 
was  only  twelve  stories  in  height  to  the  cornice  and  that  there  are  now 
many  ranging  to  eighteen  stories,  it  not  only  shows  the  increase  in  the 
value  of  real  estate  but  the  revolution  in  all  tlie  old-time  ideas  of  tlie  limit 
of  architecture.  In  another  year  there  will  be  at  least  three  buildings  in  the 
city  reaching  to  a  height  of  at  least  twenty-three  stories,  while  there  is  yet 
another  structure  planned  which  will  attain  a  height  of  thirty  stories  and 
which  is  to  be  erected  on  the  lots  at  Nos.  5  to  9  Broadway.  Ten  years  ago 
such  buildings  as  the  Equitable,  the  Mills,  Temple  Court  and  other  down 
town  structures  were  regarded  as  the  wonders  of  their  day,  and  are  still 
among  the  magnificent  structures  of  the  city.  Whatman  twenty  years  ago 
thought  of  putting  up  a  building  twenty-three  stories  in  height  and  with  a 
skeleton  frame  of  steel  which  Is  so  light  and  strong  that  the  only  limit  to  the 
height  of  the  building  is  the  weight  which  this  steel  skeleton  may  sustain? 
Yet  such  is  the  fact!  The  progress  in  the  manufacture  of  elevators  has  re- 
moved many  of  the  restrictions  upon  the  architect,  and  now  nothing  but  the 
elev.ator  acts  as  a  check  to  the  limit  of  the  sky-scraper;  as  about  four  hun- 
dred feet  is  the  limit  of  the  reach  of  the  improved  passenger  elevator. 
The  view  from  these  buildings  embraces  one  of  the  finest  to  be  obtained 
in  any  seaport  in  the  world,  and  one  can  imagine  with  what  enthusiasm 
Henry  Hudson  carried  back  to  Holland  and  the  United  Netherlands  his 
report  of  the  picturesque  grandeur  of  this  fine  harbor  and  river,  and  of  the 
fertile  country  on  its  shores  which  made  the  Hollanders  so  eager  to  claim 
the  newly-discovered  country;  for  where  can  one  find  a  location  so  beautiful 
in  any  other  great  port  of  the  world  without  possessing  the  power  to  place 
Paris  or  London  on  the  beautiful  bay  of  Naples?  The  Neapolitans  enthusias- 
tically exclaim  "  Vedi  Napoli  e  poi  mori,"  ("  See  Naples  and  die,'")  but  New 
Yorkers  can  be  as  proud  of  their  beantifid  land-locked  harbor,  which  is  one  of 
the  most  spacious  in  the  world;  the  bay  containing  fourteen  square  miles  of 
anchorage  and  the  rivers  bordering  the  city  thirteen  and  a  half  miles  more. 

There  is  no  other  city  in  the  world  either,  having  the  advantages 
possessed  by  this  combination  Summer  and  Winter  residence,  the 
many  watering  places  hereabouts  being  convenient  of  access  at  a 
trifling  expense.  It  is  no  wonder  that  New  York  has  progressed 
more  rapidly  in  its  commercial  and  social  development  than  any 
other  city  on  the  American  continent,  for  it  occupies  a  situation  of  un- 
equalled advantage  for  commercial  development,  which  has  paved  the  way 


for  the  "Greater  New  York"  of  to-day,  and  which  is  truly  great  m  every 
line  of  human  endeavor,  and  worthy  to  stand  in  the  front  rank  of  the  cities 
of  the  world,  and  leading  a  great  sisterhood  of  cities  in  every  department  of 
financial,  commercial  and  mercantile  effort — in  fact  the  Commercial  Queen 
of  America,  whose  power  is  steadily  dominating  a  larger  area,  and  will 
soon  be  as  far-reaching  as  the  boundaries  of  the  world  of  trade.  New  York 
does  the  hard  thinking  of  America,  and  New  York  holds  the  jiurse-strings  of 
the  entire  business  of  the  nation.  It  is  in  the  study  of  the  statistics  of 
trade,  finance  and  business  generally  that  one  can  fully  comi)rehend,  why  the 
city  has  earned  for  itself  the  title  of  the  "  Metropolis  of  America,''  to  which 
it  is  justly  entitled.  Look  back,  for  instance,  on  the  New  York  of  even  a 
decade  ago,  which  shows  its  matchless  progress  during  the  ten  greatest 
years  of  her  history.  In  its  physical,  its  personal,  its  financial,  its  intellec- 
tual, its  scientific,  its  artistic  and  its  moral  aspects,  there  have  been 
changes  of  the  most  pronounced  character.  Evei-y  year  it  is  becoming  a 
better  town  to  live  in,  a  better  town  to  look  at  and  a  better  town  to  do 
business  in.  Its  suburbs  are  growing  both  in  value  and  in  accessibility  to 
the  business  centres  of  the  city,  by  its  bridges,  its  network  of  rapid  transit, 
its  ferries,  the  many  lines  of  railroad  leading  right  to  the  great  heart  of  the 
city's  trade.  In  this  particular  it  can  be  compared  with  the  great  city  of 
London.  Start  from  the  City  Hall  in  New  York  and  one  can  reach  any  part 
of  Brooklyn,  Newark,  the  Oranges,  Passaic,  Staten  Island,  or  any  point  in 
Westchester  County  in  less  time  than  it  takes  to  get  to  Kensington,  Kew. 
Hampstead  or  Greenwich,  from  Piccadilly  or  the  Strand,  and  comparisons 
in  reaching  these  towns  are  greatly  in  favor  of  New  York.  It  is  much 
worse  to  have  to  go  through  a  tunnel  to  your  home  after  a  day's  work,  tak- 
ing in  smoke  and  dirt  as  you  go,  than  to  hang  on  to  a  strap,  as  many  of  our 
business  population  of  both  sexes  have  to  at  times;  but  there  is  some  con- 
solation in  knowing  that  you  can  go  anywhere  in  the  city  that  you  wish 
for  five  cents,  which  can't  be  done  in  any  other  large  city  of  the  world. 

INCREASE  IN  POPULATION. 

ON  the  26th  of  November,  1783,  the  British  troops  evacuated  New 
York  and  left  behind  then,  a  partially  ruined  town,  whose  re- 
sources were  straightened  and  whose  foreign  trade  was  crippled. 
The  city's  populatiors  had  suffered  a  material  loss  during  the 
war,  and  that  loss  was  felt  more  particularly  on  the  side  of  the  originai 
patrician  stock.  It  was  in  this  year  that  the  original  John  Jacob  Astor 
came  to  America  and  commenced  laying  the  foundation  of  the  immense 
fortune  that  he  reared.  The  population  at  that  time  had  become  less 
Dutch  and  more  Engli.sh.  In  the  spring  of  1776  New  York  contained  a 
population  of  some  twenty-five  thousand  souls,  but  by  the  middle  of 
September,  after  the  defeat  of  the  Continental  army  on  Long  Island,  more 
than  seven-eighths  of  the  residents  had  abandoned  the  city.    During  the 


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36 


SIX  months  succeeding  tlie  evacuation  the  population  was  not  over  twelve 
thousand,  most  of  whom  were  lukewarm  British  or  Tories  who  decided  to 
remain.  Conspicuous  among  the  expatriated  royalists  were  William 
Bayard,  George  Ludwell,  Col.  Eoger  Morris,  and  the  Hon.  James  De  Lan- 
cey,  whose  estates  were  all 

confiscated  by  the  Legisla-  ~   

ture  of  the  State  during 
the   war,  and  who  ended 
their  days  iu  the  mother 
country.    Bayard  on  leav- 
ing Xew  York  complained 
bitterly  that  the  rebels  had 
confiscated    every  shilling 
of    his    valuable  property. 
Both  his  Xew    York  and 
Hobokeu  estates  were  sold 
under  the  confiscation  act 
and    were    purchased  by 
Capt.    John  Stevens,  and 
subsequently  passed  to  his 
son,    Edward    A.  Stevens. 
The  immense    De  Laiicey 
estate,  on  the  east  side  of 
the  city,  nearly  along  the 
line  of  Grand  Street,  and 
which     was    sold  under 
forfeiture   after   the  war, 
provides  homes  to-day  for 
■  over    300,000  inhabitants. 
Col.  Roger  Morris,  who  had 
married  the  beautiful  and 
wealthy  Mary  Philipse,  of 
whom  George  Washing- 
ton was  at  one  time  deep- 
ly enamoured,  and  whom 
tradition  states  had  re- 
fused him  her  hand,  fled 
with  her  husband  to  Eng- 
land and  their  estates  were 
confiscated.    By  a  strange 
combination  of  circumstan- 
ces Washington  twenty 
years  later  occupied  her  house  on  Harlem  Heights  as  his  headquarters, 
which  was  a  beautiful  mansion  overlooking  the  Harlem  river  and  the 
country  far  beyond  it.    This  old  and  historic  house,  which  was  owned 


and  occupied  by  the  sweetheart  of  Washington,  is  now  in  danger  of 
demolition.  No  story  of  the  lievolution  or  mention  of  old  Xew  York 
is  complete  without  speaking  of  this  stately  old  colonial  mansion,  whose 
grand  and  picturesque  outlines  on  one  of  the  highest  spots  of  ground  on 

Manhattan  Island,  proudly 


I.OWKl!  UliOAKWAV,   FKOM  BOWI.lNti  (JHEEN 


Doctor  Cogswell. 


yet  modestly,  looks  down 
upon  a  different  city  from 
a  century  ago.  This  house 
was  subsequently  the  prop- 
erty of  Madame  Jumel,  and 
was  afterwards  the  resi- 
dence of  Aaron  Burr,  whom 
she  married,  and  where 
many  distinguished  royal 
guests  have  trod  the 
spacious  and  highly  pol- 
ished halls.  Madame  Jumel, 
over  a  century  ago,  offered 
this  magnificent  estate  to 
Thomas  McKee  for  87,000. 

X"ew  York  soon  recov- 
ered from  the  effects  of  the 
war,  and  iu  1786  the  popu- 
lation had  risen  to  twenty- 
four  thousand,  and  three 
years  later  to  thirty  thou- 
sand. Among  those  who 
definitely  settled  in  Xew 
York  at  that  time  and 
whose  descendants  are 
counted  to-day  among  old 
Xew  Yorkers  were  Alex- 
ander Hamilton  and  Aaron 
Burr;  James  Kent,  the 
future  chancellor;  Rufus 
King  and  James  Watson, 
two  of  the  city's  early  Unit- 
ed States  Seuators;  W.  S. 
.Johnson,  president  of  Co- 
lumbia College;  Francis 
Childs  and  Thomas  Green- 
leaf,  Doctor  McKnight  and 
Foreign  emigrants  were  mostly  Irish,  but  most  of 
these  went  to  Pennsylvania.  The  population  of  the  city,  according  to 
the  last  State  census,  takeu  in  1892,  reached  1,800,891. 


NEW   YORK-tS96-  ^^ 


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NAMING  THE  STREETS. 

THE  original  surface  of  Manhattan  Island  was  very  diversifiecl  in 
character,  including  level  meadows,  deep  valleys,  hills,  and  rocky 
cliffs,  varying  from  tide  level  to  250  feet  in  height.    All  the  deep 
valleys  of  drainage  have  been  filled  in  so  as  to  raise  them  near  to 
the  water  plane. 

P  r  e  V  i  o  u  s  to 
1865  an  inlet,  and 
subsequently  a  ca- 
nal, ran  through 
what  is  now  Broad 
Street  as  far  as 
Exchange  Place, 
with  a  branch  run- 
ning toward  the 
west  throng  h 
Beaver  Street, 
afterwards  known 
as  the  Old  Ditch. 
The  main  oanal 
was  crossed  by  two 
principal  bridges, 
one  where  Bridge 
Street  now  is  and 
the  other  at  Stone 
Street,  while  at 
Beaver  Street  there 
were  two  smaller 
bridges  for  foot 
passengers.  Ferry 
Street  led  to  the 
old  Ferry  to  Long 
Island.  It  seems 
hard  to  realize  that 
the  Long  Island 
Ferry  House  then 
stood  at  the  corner 
of  New  Street  and 

Exchange  Place,  the  ferry  boat  passing  through  the  canal.  But  when 
the  old  burgomasters  of  Nieuw  Amsterdam  applied  themselves  to  the 
important  and  intricate  ta.sk  of  laying  out  the  highways  and  byways  of 
the  city,  they  seemed  to  have  most  i)articularly  in  mind  the  importance 
of  getting  from  one  point  to  another  with  the  least  labor  and  in  the  short- 
est sjiace  of  time,  but  it  was  the  hills,  valleys  and  swamps  that  bothered 


bird's-eye  view  ok  LOWf;K  NEW  YOKK.   LOOKING    EAST,   SHOWING  BROOKLYN  BRIDGE. 


them  more  than  all  the  rest  of  the  obstacles  placed  in  their  way  Dy 
avaricious  land-owners.  But  all  of  these  points  which  were  of  so  mucli 
importance  in  those  days  have  become  of  no  importance  with  the  progress 
of  the  city,  and  while  the  streets  in  that  section  remain  as  crooked  as  the 
proverbial  ram"s-horn,  we  have  a  collection  of  both  wide  and  narrow  streets 
which  intersect  each  other  almost  inextricably. 

The  wildest  dream  of  the  burgomaster  did  not  carry  him  to  the  empy- 
rean height  of  sup- 
posing tliat  the 
city  of  his  adoj)- 
t  i  o  n  or  birth 
might  attain  such 
greatness  as  to 
reach  as  a  city 
above  "Mai  d' s 
Path,"  now  called 
Maiden  Lane,  a 
rural  valley  road 
much  frequented 
by  lovers  in  the 
e  V  e  n  i  n  g,  and  n 
view  of  the  mag- 
nificence we  have 
attained  w  o  u  1  d 
liave  been  as  for- 
eign to  liis  ideas 
as  would  be  Jules 
Verne's  "  Trip  to 
the  M  o  ()  n."  In 
those  days  a 
stream  ran  through 
it.  Next  above 
where  Ferry  Street 
now  is  was  Beek- 
man's  Park,  a  large 
tract  of  wet  land 
from  which  a 
stream  ran  into 
the    East  River. 

Still  more  to  the  north  was  the  Collect  Pond,  a  large  body  of  water  said  to 
have  been  seventy  feet  in  depth,  situated  in  a  basin  where  now  stands 
the  Tombs.  On  this  small  lake  Fitch  launched  his  fir.st  steamboat.  A 
stream  called  the  Wreck  Brook,  ran  from  the  Collect  to  the  East  Piiver 
through  a  low  meadow  and  emptied  into  tlie  estnnry  nt  what  is  now 
known   as    Roosevelt  Street.    There  was   formerly  a  bridge  over  this 


S8 


4f  NEW  YOf?K-t896.  ll' 


on  the  old  road  corresponding  to  that  known  as  Park  Row.  The  main  out- 
let of  the  Collect  was  by  a  stream  running  through  the  Lispenard  swamp  to 
the  North  River,  extending  from  Diiane  to  Lispenard  Streets  on  the  south, 
to  Spring  Street  on  the  north.  A  large  stone  bridge  crossed  this  water- 
course at  Canal  Street.  Pearl  Street  is  a  noble  example  of  crookedness. 
Broadway  may  virtually  be  said  to  continue  down  Whitehall  Street  to  the 
Battery,  and  thus  Pearl  Street  begins  and  ends  in  Broadway.  Thus  it  is  with 
many  of  the  original  downtown  streets  of  the  city,  which  deviate  from 
straight  lines  to  accommodate  hill,  valley  and  swamp,  which  were  then 
deemed  too  great  obstacles  to  be  removed  for  uniformity.  For  these  reasons 
streets  did  not  rise  above  the  dignity  of  mere  lanes  or  byways,  while,  also, 
some  others,  such  as  Broad  Street,were  of  unusual  width  because  of  a  swamp 
in  the  very  centre  of  the  roadway,  the  miasma  of  which  still  exists,  as  is 
proved  by  the  unhealthiness  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Tombs.  The  great  Rhine- 
lander  estate,  bounded  by  William,  Duane  and  Rose  Streets,  where  the  his- 
torian says  the  cows  laid  out  most  of  the  streets  to  and  from  j)usture  on  what 
was  called  "  Monkey  Hill,"  and  where  stood  the  mansion  of  old  Philii)  Rhine- 
lander  at  what  is  now  Xo.  2:]2  William  Street,  and  where  cement  is  now  being 
made  in  his  thawing-room,  and  where  the  Cunningliani  House  stood  where 
forty  years  ago  a  Bavarian  exile  opened  the  first  German  concert  hall  in 
the  city,  and  near  where  stood  the  old  sugar-houses  which  were  the  abode 
of  American  prisoners  during  the  Revolution,  where  they  were  starved  and 
poisoned  by  the  infamous  Cunningham,  and  where  they  say  that  ghosts  of 
patriots  coukl  be  still  seen  writning  in  chains,  is  about  the  queerest;  corner 
of  old  Xew  York,  and  a  host  of  memories  of  Revolutionary  days,  and  both 
malt  and  musical  memories  float  around  the  last  of  the  sugar-houses,  which 
was  demolished  only  a  short  time  ago. 

OLD  LANDMARKS. 

THERE  is  now  down  in  William  Street— at  No.  122— a  little  old 
house  which  has  every  right  to  be  looked  upon  as  the  old- 
est structure  of  its  kind  in  New  York  city.  It  bears  all  the 
marks  of  a  bygone  age  from  its  cellar  to  its  dormer  windows. 
High  ofKce  buildings  and  great  warehouses  now  look  down  upon  it 
from  every  side.  This  house  is  a  little  over  two  centuries  old.  Abra- 
ham De  Puyster  was  mayor  of  New  Y'ork  in  1692,  and  it  was  in  that 
year  that  the  corporation  opened  up  the  streets  between  Wall  Street 
and  what  is  now  k]iown  as  Fulton  Street— but  what  was  then  Fair  Street. 
Theretofore  this  land  had  been  known  as  Shoemaker's  Pasture,  and  as  such 
had  been  presented  to  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church.  With  the  opening  of 
the  street  it  began  to  be  dotted  with  dwellings  and  probably  the  first  of 
these  was  the  one  which  stands  in  William  Street  just  a  few  doors  below 
Fulton  Street.  The  others  have  long  since  disappeared.  This  house  was 
built  on  what  was  known  as  (Jolden  Hill,  and  is  rich  in  memories  of  long 
ago  when  it  i)assed  into  the  hands  of  an  innkeeper  and  was  known  as  the 


"  Golden  Hiii  Tavern,"  when  it  saw  famous  days,  and  patriot  blood  flowed 
here  in  the  battle  of  Golden  Hill,  which  was  fought  on  January  19th,  1770, 
more  than  two  months  before  the  Boston  "massacre,"  and  was  the  first 
blood  shed  in  the  Revolution. 

Trinity  church,  now  standing  at  the  head  of  Wall  Street  in  Broadway, 
twice  destroyed  by  fire  and  twice  rebuilt,  was  among  the  first  churches 
erected  in  New  York,  and  much  credit  is  due  to  that  corporation  for  the 
size  of  the  city  in  the  earlier  days.  The  Queen  of  England  presented  to 
Trinity  church  her  farm  known  as  the  "  Queen's  Farm  "  which  extended  on 
the  westerly  side  of  "the  Broad  Way"  from  where  St.  Paul's  church  now 
stands  up  along  the  Hudson  River  front  north  to  Chelsea  Village,  which  we 
now  designate  as  23d  Street.  The  streets  laid  out  by  T'rinity  church 
were  christened  in  honor  of  its  rectors,  church  wardens  and  officers. 
Thus  Rector,  Barclay,  Vesey,  Murray,  Warren,  Chambers,  Reade,  Jay, 
North  Moore,  Beach,  Laight,  Djsbrosses,  Watts,  Charlton,  King,  Ham- 
mersley  (now  West  Houston).  Clarkson,  Leroy,  Merton,  Barron,  were  all 
named  after  those  wortliies  of  the  church.  Vestry  Street  was  thus  named 
because  the  church  had  a  vestry  in  that  street,  and  (Jnurch  Street  was  so 
named  because  it  bounded  the  west  side  of  St  Paul's  churchyard.  Hud- 
son Street  was  the  raani  artery  of  the  city  in  those  days.  St.  John's  Park 
or  Hudson  Square,  with  its  fine  trees,  around  which  the  fashionable  portion 
of  the  city  had  its  residences  and  which  was  maintained  for  the  exclusive 
use  of  the  surrounding  mansions,  was  laid  out  on  a  swamp.  Tompkins 
S(iuare,  Grammercy  Park  and  Madison  Square  were  all  laid  on  swamps. 
College  Place  was  named  from  King's  College  being  located  there,  which  is 
now  Columbia— then  the  only  college  in  the  State.  The  original  structure 
was  built  of  freestone,  three  stories  high,  with  a  very  high  fence  around  it. 
John  Street  was  named  after  John  Harpending,  who  resided  on  the  corner 
of  John  Street  and  Broadway,  and  when  first  laid  passed  through  his  garden. 
Cortlandt,  Dey  and  Beekman  Streets  were  laid  out  through  the  property  of 
the  men  for  whom  they  were  named.  Ann  Street  was  named  after  Ann 
Beekman,  all  the  streets  around  Roosevelt,  Vandewater,  etc.,  were  named 
after  the  i)eople  whose  property  they  passed  through;  and  some,  like  Frank- 
fort Street,  were  named  after  the  birthplace  of  the  owners.  Washington 
was  named  after  the  illustrious  George  Washington,  Duane  after  the  James 
Duane,  the  first  mayor  of  New  York,  and  others  were  named  to  commemo- 
rate Revolutionary  generals,  patriots  and  presidents  of  the  United  States. 
Cherry  Street  was  originally  run  through  "  the  road  by  the  cherry-trees." 
Broadway  has  had  various  names  such  as  the  "  Heere  Straat,  Great  George 
Street,  Bloomingdale  Road  and  Broadway— originally  spelled  Broad  Way. 
South  William  Street  was  formerly  Mill  Street,  from  the  first  mill  erected  in 
the  city.  Greenwich  Street  was  a  continuation  of  the  "Shore  Road" 
leading  to  Greenwich  village,  which  at  that  time  ran  along  the  water-front 
most  of  the  way.  Bowling  Green  was  an  open  place  in  front  of  the  old  fort, 
which  was  afterwards  enclosed  and  was  sacred  to  the  aristocrats  who  dwelt 


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near  it.  New  Street  was  one  of  the  thoroughfares  of  Nieuw  Amsterdam. 
Gold  Street  wound  around  "  Golden  Hill,"  \Vall  Street  was  the  line  of  the 
city  wall  or  palisade.  Many  of  the  other  old  downtown  streets  were  named 
Crown  Street.  George  Street,  Queen  Street,  which  were  subsequently 
changed  after  the  revolution  to  Cedar,  Liberty  and  Spruce  Streets.  Many 
of  the  streets  were  named  after 
Tories  and  still  bear  their  name. 
Oliver  De  Lancey,  who  was  arrest- 
ed as  a  traitor,  has  four  streets 
named  after  various  members  of 
his  family,  Delancey  and  Orchard 
having  run  through  his  farm,  and 
James  and  Oliver  being  named 
after  members  of  his  family. 
Rivingtou  was  named  after  one  of 
the  boldest  Tories  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. 


THE  HOTELS. 

TflE  magnificence  of  our 
modern  hotels,  with  their 
conveniences  and  luxuri- 
ous furnishings,  are  the 
wonder  of  foreigners  and  accentu- 
ates the  progress  of  Xew  York 
city  towards  luxury  and  pros- 
perity during  recent  years,  from 
the  advent  of  the  White  Marble 
Hotel,  built  sixty  years  ago  at  Ful- 
ton and  Pearl  Streets,  to  the 
hotels  that  now  adorn  Broadway 
and  Fifth  Avenue  to  the  Central 
Park  Plaza.  In  fact,  there  is 
nothing  in  the  city  that  shows  bet- 
ter the  progress  of  the  metropolis 
in  that  time.  Compare  the  hotels 
and  hotel  life  of  even  fifty  years 
ago  to  what  it  is  to-day— in  fact, 
look  upon  this  picture  and  then 
upon  that,  and  it  is  a  comparison  that  is  almost  magical  in  its  startling 
dissimilarity.  Fifty  years  ago  the  hotels  of  Xew  York  were  very  few,  the 
old  and  substantial  Astor  House  being  what  the  Waldorf  is  to  New  York 
to-day,  and  where  large  dinners  were  given  to  prominent  guests  of  the  city. 
The  Irving  House,  on  the  corner  of  Broadway  aud  Chambers  Street,  the 


STOCK  EXCHAXGK,   BROAD  STRKET 


American  House  at  No.  12.")  Fulton  Street:  in  Broad  .Street  was  the  Ex- 
change Hotel,  and  in  Park  l{ow  "  Lovejoy's.*'  The  elder  Delnionico  and 
his  rival  Guerin,  had  then  settled  in  the  city,  but  as  yet  the  most  famous 
restaurnnt-keeper  was  Windust,  whose  basement  in  Park  Row  was 
frequented  by  literary  and  theatrical  people,  among  them  being  the  elder 

Booth,  Coojier,  Edmund  Kean,  the 
Wallacks  and  the  Kendals. 

During  the  thirties  and  earlj' 
forties  there  were  no  hotels  above 
Canal  Street  and  not  one  boasted 
of  a  chef  till  .John  Jacob  Astor 
dedicated  the  block  upon  which 
his  modest  residence  had  stood 
to  a  hotel.  Then  the  Astor  House 
became  a  landmark  for  that  era, 
the  same  as  the  Waldorf  has  be- 
come a  landmark  of  to-day.  After 
the  Astor  House  came  the  Carl- 
ton House  on  the  corner  of  Broad- 
way. When  the  residential  tide 
began  to  flow  above  Bleecker 
Street  came  the  Prescott  House, 
corner  of  Broadway  and  Spring 
Sti  eet,  and  the  St.  Nicholas  on  the 
adjuiiiing  block,  which  were  then 
the  .Time  of  hotel  life.  Then  the 
Bradhurst  rural  mansion  on  the 
coiner  of  Washington  and  AVaver- 
ly  Place  yielded  to  the  New  York 
Hotel,  a  sensation  in  its  day. 
Then  Niblo"s  modest  double 
house  yielded  to  the  Metropolitan 
Hotel  which  A.  T.  Stewart  pur- 
chased. Amos  F.  Eno  was  ridi- 
culed when  he  built  his  Fifth  Ave- 
nue Hotel  so  far  uptown,  as  were 
also  the  Taylors  when  they  moved 
their  hotel  from  Broadway  and 
Franklin  Street  to  the  St.  Denis 
site.  Even  the  erection  of  the 
Of  the  hotels  half  a  century  old 
It 


Everett  House  was  regarded  as  risky. 

that  had  popular  prominence  then  only  the  Astor  House  survives 
may  be  regarded  as  the  link  between  metropolitan  hotel  life  of  half  a 
■  century  ago  and  that  of  to-day.    Its  registers  are  filled  with  such  great 
names  as  Henry  Clay,  Daniel  Webster,  Seward  and  other  great  men  of 


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the  time  aiitl  tlidsc  prominent  (Iuiiii<i  that  lapse  of  time.  In  itself  the 
Astor  House  remains  a  niile-stone  marking  the  rapid  transit  from  piae- 
tical  tavern  (lays  to  these  of  i>alatial  splendors,  such  as  the  "Waldorf," 
the  "Xew  Netherlands"  the  "Hotel  Savoy"  the  "Windsor,"  "The 
Plaza,"  the  ••Holland  House"  "The  Imijerial"  "The  Normandie  "  "The 
Vendome  "  and  many  others,  and  the  New  York  of  to-day  can  lK)ast  as  tine 
hotel  aeconiniodations  as  any  city  in  the  world,  there  beini;  now  122  first- 
class  hotels  in  the  city. 

PROGRESS  AND  WEALTH  OF  OUR  CITIZENS. 

IT  seems  almost  like  a  fairy  tale  to  talk  of  such  a  thin<i  as  a  New  York 
city  farm,  but  at  one  time  J3attery  Park  was  to  this  city  what  the 
Forum  was  to  ancient  Home— the  spot  where  the  foundation  of  the 
city  was  lai<l  and  the  nucleus  around  which  was  afterward  built  her 
most  glorious  works.  Uattery  Park,  around  which  so  many  delicious 
memories  still  hover,  was  indeed  the  embryo  of  the  great  metropolis, 
around  which  grouped  all  her  commerce  and  trade,  and  above  and  around 
which  were  giouped  and  scattered  all  the  great  farms  of  the  Knick- 
erbockers who  were  fortunate  enough  to  possess  them.  The  farms  that 
were  once  purchased  by  such  shrewd  men  as  John  Jacob  Astor,  and  many 
other  shrewd  and  far-sighted  men  as  the  Schermerhorns,  the  Van 
i.'ourtlandts,  the  Spinglers,  the  Goelets,  the  Scluiylers,  the  Van  Rensselaers, 
the  Stuyvesants,  the  Beekmans,  Koosevelts,  etc.,  have  turned  into  veritable 
gold  mines — and  turn  out  tlicir  golden  coinage  as  freely  and  almost  as 
regularly  as  the  mint.  Of  all  the  old  farms  which  once  lay  within  the 
boundaries  of  the  city  of  New  York  and  of  which  there  isn't  a  vestige 
to-day,  none  was  more  profitable  to  the  investor  in  that  sort  of  proi)erty 
tlian  the  Eden  farm,  which  Wm.  Cutting  and  John  Jacob  Astor  bought 
jointly  for  JiSO.OO!*,  and  which  ran  from  48d  to  52nd  Streets  and  from  Broad- 
way to  the  North  Kiver.  Broadway  was  then  known  as  Bloomingdale 
lload  and  was  the  thoroughfare  for  the  gay  young  hoisemen,  .and  the  back- 
woods lined  it  where  to-day  stand  great  piles  of  stone,  mortar  and  brick. 
The  man  who  landed  in  New  Yoik  the  same  year  that  it  was  evacuated  l)y 
the  British,  and  commenced  his  career  on  almost  nothing — the  man  who 
founded  Astoria,  faraway  on  the  northern  shores  of  the  P.icific — foresaw  the 
great  future  of  Manhattan  Island,  and  before  the  close  of  the  century  he 
was  buying  real  estate  on  the  outskirts  of  the  city,  which  laid  the 
foundation  of  the  immense  we.alth  of  the  Astors,  which  is  estimated  at  the 
combined  figures  of  $400, 000, 000,  which  is  equal  to  that  of  the  great  house 
of  the  Rothschilds;  and  instead  of  woods  and  speedways,  and  byroads,  it  is 
estimated  that  there  are  one  million  souls  to  the  square  mile  living  thereon. 

John  Jacob  Astor,  the  elder,  first  became  a  real  estate  owner  on  Man- 
hattan Island  in  17^0,  when  he  bought  a  lot  of  ground  on  Bowery  Lane 
neai  Elizabeth  iStreet  lor  250  pounds — tweuty-one  years  later  he  was  the 


largest  owner  of  real  estate  in  the  city  of  New  Y'ork,  and  the  Astors  at  ali 
times  since  1817,  have  been  acquiring  real  estate,  till  they  now  jiay  in  taxes 
on  the  Astoi-  real  estate  over  .'j;.")00,0()0  per  year.  Tlie  stoiy  of  this  poor 
butcher's  son,  boi'ii  at  Waldorff  in  Germany,  who  had  only  S20  in  his  pocket 
and  seven  German  flutes  for  sale  and  who  laid  the  foundation  for  one  of  the 
greatest  family  fortunes  in  tlie  world,  never  loses  its  romance  any  more  than 
does  Dunias's  story  oT  the  Count  of  Monte  Christo,  from  frequent  telling. 
Every  one  knows  the  good  fortune  of  I'eter  Goelet,  whose  residence  at  his 
"farm  "  on  19th  Street  and  Broadway  was  one  of  the  sights  of  the  city_ 
When  Peter  was  alive  lie  had  an  Alderney  cow  grazing  on  the  grass  that  grew 
among  the  flowers  planted  around  the  hou.se,  handsome  game  fowl,  and 
pheasants,  and  jjcacock  strutted  around  the  house  as  if  they  knew  they 
were  treading  on  costly  ground,  and  from  here  Mr.  Goelet  distriljuted  his 
eggs  and  milk  to  his  friends  as  coming  from  his  farm  at  lOtli  Street.  This 
is  now  the  one  old  landmark  of  all  the  old  residences  of  wealthy  Knick- 
erbockers who  had  their  residences  on  Broadway  and  on  whose  old 
"farms"  now  pulsates  the  life  of  Gotham's  great  city  in  its  hotels,  its 
theaters,  its  magnificent  stores,  etc. 

Frederick  Pliilipse,  a  sturdy  and  thrifty  Hollander  who  came  to  America 
penniless  about  KiOO,  and  who  was  the  father  of  Washington's  sweetheart, 
was  considered  vastly  wealthy,  owning  a  tract  of  ground  along  the  Hudson 
from  Harlem  to  Tarrytown,  and  whose  old  manor  house  is  now  falling  to 
ruin  where  it  nestles  in  fSleepy  Hollow,  where  Irving  dreamed  and  wrote, 
and  whose  body  now  lies  buried  in  the  old  Manor  Churchyard.  This  old 
Tory  could  call  his  slaves  to  saddle  his  horse,  and  could  ride  over  his  own 
domain  from  the  Croton  to  the  Harlem  river,  every  foot  of  which  he  owned, 
and  yet  his  wealth  was  estimated  at  50,000  fiorins  (twenty  tliousand  dollars) 
and  to-dav  there  are  nine  men  in  New  Y'ork,  whose  combined  fortunes 
reach  !=;720,uOO,000  and  range  from  $50,000,000  to  $150,000,000,  which  were  all 
made  in  America,  and  nearly  all  their  possessors  started  i)oor.  The  careers 
of  opulent  Americans  show  that  in  the  struggle  for  wealth,  every  one  has 
an  ecpial  chance.  Every  one  of  the  great  fortunes  of  America  were  made 
here.  Monarclis,  despite  the  splendor  in  which  they  live,  have  no  such  for- 
tunes as  untitled  Americans.  The  Queen  of  England,  who  is  the  weathiest 
of  the  crowned  heads  of  Europe,  has  a  fortune  of  not  more  than  $15,000,000, 
while  Wm.  Waldoi-f  Astor's  fortune  is  $150,000,000.  John  1).  Rockefeller's 
is  considered  equal.  The  Vanderbilts,  have  at  least  $2.50.000,000  divided 
between  three  brotheis.  Commodore  Vanderbilt,  in  his  day  the  richest  man 
in  the  world,  began  life  here  as  a  boatman,  and  at  his  death  in  1877,  left  a 
fortune  of  $95,000,000,  and  in  this  gre.at  and  glorious  country  it  is  possible 
for  every  one  to  get  rich.  John  D.  Itockefeller  was  a  book-keeper.  Jay 
Gould  was  a  farmer  boy  and  Russell  Sage  was  a  grocer  in  Troy,  N.  Y. 
The  Lorillards,  the  Andersons,  and  the  Dukes  have  all  made  immense  for- 
tunes from  tobacco,  the  Dukes  and  the  Lorillards  owing  their  large  for- 
tunes to  cigarettes,  the  late  Catherine  Lorillard  Wolff's  immense  fortune 


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having  partly  come  also  from  her  mother  who  was  a  "  Lorillard,"  although 
her  fatlier  made  a  fortune  as  one  of  the  original  stockholders  of  the  great 
Chemical  Bank;  altogether,  American  tobacco  is  largely  represented  in 
New  York  society. 

THE  OPERA,  THEATRES  AND  OTHER  PLACES  OF  AMUSE- 
MENT. 

PROGRESS  is  rife  in  every  walk  of  life.  Take  the  theatres  for  in- 
stance. In  New  York  city  there  have  been  many  famous  play- 
houses. The  first  was  built  in  Nassau  Street  in  175.'i,  just  when  the 
English  element  was  the  strongest.  When  prosperity  began  to 
make  itself  felt  after  the  war  of  1812,  the  National  Theatre  on  Leonard 
Street,  which  was  managed  by  J.  \V.  Wallack,  introduced  many  of  the 
greatest  men  and  women  of  the  stage.  Here  the  great  Kurton,  who  is 
remembered  as  the  very  genius  of  comedy  or  farce,  and  who  was  the  first 
in  this  city  to  produce  plays,  in  the  modern  meaning  of  the  word— played 
his  first  star  engagement  in  this  country.  Burton  afterwards  opened  the 
famous  Chambers  Street  Theatre,  which  was  formerly  Palmo's  Opera 
House,  and  in  the  list  of  his  company  will  be  found  names  that  will  be  long 
remembered  in  this  country. 

Perhaps  one  of  the  most  famous  theatres  in  the  United  States  in  its 
time,  and  certainly  one  of  tlie  most  famous  in  New  York,  was  the  Old 
Bowery  Theatre,  when  it  was  managed  by  Tom  Ilamblin,  which  was  for 
many  years  the  home  of  melodrama  in  the  city. 

The  Park  Theatre,  situated  on  Park  Row  between  Ann  and  Beekman 
Streets,  was  erected  in  1708,  and  was  calculated  to  seat  2,!j00  people.  It  was 
the  acknowledged  histrionic  temple,  not  only  of  New  York  but  of  the 
United  States,  and  any  one  playing  a  successful  engagement  here  held 
an  open  sesame  to  all  others  in  the  country;  and  here  it  was  that  the 
"  Barber  of  Seville  "  was  sung  on  the  evening  of  November  2.5th,  182.5,  the 
first  opera  that  was  evei'  produced  in  this  city.  Among  the  stars  who 
played  in  the  old  Park  Tlieatre  were  Cook,  Forest,  Kean,  Kemble,  Young. 
Power,  Sinclair,  (whose  daughter  afterwards  married  Edwin  Forest) 
Ellen  Tree,  Cooper,  the  great  Junius  Brutus  Booth,  Vandenhoef,  .1.  W, 
Wallack,  the  Masons,  Charlotte  Cushman,  and  Mesdames  Wheatleigh, 
Vernon  and  many  others.  Perhaps  of  no  men  who  ever  appeared  behind  the 
footlights  are  there  more  stories  told  than  of  Booth  and  Forest. 

Castle  Garden,  which  had  heretofore  been  a  whitewashed  barn  devoted 
to  the  restaurant  business  on  a  small  scale,  as  ice  cream,  lemonade  and 
sponge  cake  constituted  the  edibles,  was  fitted  up  for  amusement  with  a 
small  stage  and  scenery  iu  1847,  and  opened  as  a  theatre,  one  member  of  the 
company  being  George  Holland,  whose  funeral  years  afterwards  made 
famous  "the  little  church  around  the  corner."  It  was  at  this  historic 
theatre  that  Jenny  Lind  made  her  first  bow  to  an  American  audience  in 
18.50,  and  it  was  here  that  Mario  and  Grisi  appeared  in  1854. 


Niblo's  was  also  the  scene  of  many  theatric  and  operatic  triumphs. 
This  old  theatre  was  originally  a  summer  retreat,  which  was  quite  a  little 
walk  from  the  densely  i)opulated  district,  and  was  opened  by  William  Niblo, 
a  popular  caterer,  who  was  familiar  witli  the  boii  vivants  of  the  day.  A 


CABLE  BUILDING,  ISKOADWAY  AND  HOUSTON  STKEET. 

plain  board  fence  enclosed  the  garden,  and  on  the  northeast  corner  of 
Broadway  a  saloon  was  built,  which  became  the  rendezvous  of  well-known 
men  at  convivial  meetings.  In  the  centre  of  the  block  Niblo  afterwards 
had  erected  an  open  saloon,  where  light  entertainments  were  given,  which 


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soon  grew  to  tlie  proportions  of  a  real  theatre,  when  every  vestige  of  shrub, 
flower  and  green  plant,  tree  and  bovver,  were  swept  away,  and  where  iu 
1353  the  beautiful  and  gifted  Henrietta  Sontag  sung  in  a  season  of  opera. 

Among  the  many  houses  that  has  marked  the  progress  of  opera  iu  New 
York  may  be  first  named  the  "Richmond  Hill  Theatre"  which  was  a 
fashionable  house  of  amusement  and  situated  at  the  corner  of  Varrick  and 
Charlton  Streets,  the  site  of  the  former  home  of  Aaron  Burr. 

The  first  Italian  opera  produced  in  New  York  was  the  "  Barbiere  di 
Seviglia,"  which  was  produced  in  1825,  at  the  old  Park  Theatre  by  Signor 
Garcia  with  his  talented  family  in  the  cast,  among  whom  were  his  daugh- 
ter Alarie  Felicia,  who  afterwards  became  Mme.  ISfalibran.  A  number  of 
wealthy  gentlemen  afterwards  formed  a  stock  company  and  erected  the 
Italian  Opera  House.  Then  came  Palmo's  Opera  House,  then  Castle  Gar- 
den and  afterwards  the  famous  Astor  Place  Opera  House,  where  the 
Macready  riots  took  place  in  1849.  Then  after  short  seasons  at  Niblo'sand 
other  places  came  the  famous  Academy  of  Music  on  14th  Street,  where  the 
silvery  voiced  Brignoli  made  his  first  appearance,  and  which  was  the  scene 
of  the  many  triumphs  of  Rachel,  Wachtel,  Parepa  Rosa,  Santley,  Adelaide 
Phillips,  Campanini,  Capoul,  Christine  Nillson  and  many  others,  and  was  the 
scene  of  the  debut  of  the  only  Patti,  her  first  appearance  being  in  Lucia. 

We  have  now  the  magnificent  Metropolitan  Opera  House,  tlie  fifth 
opera  house  built  in  New  York,  and  twenty-nine  houses  for  regular  theatri- 
cal and  operatic  performances,  with  eleven  houses  devoted  to  vaudeville, 
and  burlesque  performances,  with  many  other  places  of  outdoor  amuse- 
ments, and  museums,  and  eighteen  halls  for  concerts  and  amusements,  such 
as  Carnegie  Music  Hall,  Steinway  Hall,  Chickering  Hall,  etc. 

THE  PARKS. 

IF  one  follows  the  tide  as  it  has  pushed  upward  in  New  York  it  will 
follow  the  opening  up  of  the  new  parks,  as  business  has  pushed  the 
dwelling  portion  of  the  city  higher  and  higher  up  each  year.  Our 
grandfathers  and  grandmothers  showed  their  preferences  to  breathe 
freely  many  years  ago  by  settling  round  the  old  Battery  Park,  where  no 
modern  art  possessed  the  power  to  add  to  the  natural  beauties  of  its  sur- 
roundings, as  the  eye  swept  over  our  unrivalled  bay,  and  it  was  then  as  it  is 
now  a  situation  of  unequalled  beauty  which  travelers  from  many  shores  have 
compared  with  the  magnificent  "Bay  of  Naples."'  Many  changes  have 
taken  place  here  since  Fort  Amsterdam,  where  the  American  flag  was  run 
up  on  the  evacuation  of  the  British  from  New  York,  commanded  the  great 
harbor.  But  there  remains  the  same  view  of  watery  expanse,  the  same 
magnificent  bay  capable  of  floating  the  world's  shipping,  and  the  same  nar- 
row outlet  leading  to  the  ocean,  the  same  Governor's  Island,  where  our 
ancestors  used  to  congregate  to  catch  the  strains  of  martial  music  which 
were  wafted  from  its  shore.    Now  along  the  walk  in  Battery  Place  are  con- 


gregated the  crude  odds  and  ends  of  all  nationalities,  sunning  tliemselves 
in  the  sunshine,  and  this  has  now  become  the  almost  exclusive  domain  of  the 
immigrant  and  visitor  from  the  interior.  The  old  castle  and  fort  is  now 
the  New  York  Aquarium,  which  is  a  sort  of  windup  to  its  eventful  his- 
tory.   But  around  this  park  once  dwelt  the  aristocracy  of  the  city. 

As  each  park  was  opened  in  turn— St.  John's  Park,  Washington  Park, 
Union,  Stuyvesant,  Granimercy  and  Madison  Squares  and  finally  Cen- 
tral Park  and  Riverside  Park,  there  has  been  a  rush  of  leading  citizens  to 
secure  the  benefits  of  light  and  air.  To  this  day  Washington  Square, 
though  away  out  of  fashion,  maintains  a  high  degree  of  social  standing  and 
provides  fresh  air  to  the  Redmonds,  the  Coopers,  the  Schuylers,  the  Hoyts, 
the  Rhinelanders  and  the  Francklyns.  So  about  Union  Square,  before  it  was 
given  to  trade,  were  the  fine  houses  of  the  Bridges,  the  DePeysters,  the  Sping- 
lers,  the  Daniel  Drews,  the  Roosevelts,  the  Whitncys,  and  many  others.  On 
Stuyvesant  Square  is  the  big  old-fashioned  house  of  the  Hamilton  Fishes 
of  the  Rutherford  Stuyvesants  and  the  Folsoms.  So  around  Madison  Square 
were  the  homes  of  the  Barlows,  the  Primes,  the  Colbys,  the  Wliitneys,  the 
Wolfes,  the  Stokeses,  the  Jeromes,  the  Fields,  the  Morgans,  the  Burdens, 
the  Iselins,  the  Livermores,  the  Marshalls,  etc.  The  exodus  uptown  to 
face  on  Riverside  Park  and  Central  Park  is  now  the  latest  move.  John 
Jacob  Astor's  new  house  is  about  finished,  as  is  also  Elbridge  Gerry's  and 
they  will  have  for  their  neighbors,  Mrs.  Wm.  Astor,  August  Belmont,  Ogden 
Mills,  L.  F.  Beckwith,  William  Jay,  George  J.  Gould,  Theodore  F.  Have- 
meyer  and  Louis  F.  Tiffany. 

CENTRAL  PARK. 

THE  many  improvements  which  have  been  made  in  Central 
Park  the  last  thirty  years  have  made  it  one  of  the  finest 
if  not  the  finest  park  in  the  world.  Its  magnificent  trees  are 
now  grown  to  their  full  proportions.  Its  drives  and  bridle 
paths  are  laid  out  and  perfected.  Its  romantic  lakes,  sylvan  dells, 
rivulets,  woods,  etc.,  located  now  right  in  the  heart  of  the  great 
metropolis,  cover  an  area  of  over  840  acres,  of  what  is  one  of  the  finest 
pieces  of  landscape  gardening  in  the  woild,  and  is  a  mingling  of  Nature's 
exquisite  workmanship  further  embelli.shed  by  the  art  of  man.  Nothing 
approaches  it  more  closely  in  beauty  than  the  charming  park  of  Versailles, 
or  the  park  surrounding  the  "  Sans  Souci "  of  the  Great  Frederick.  In  both 
winter  and  summer  this  place  of  popular  amusement  is  always  a  lively  scene 
of  gayety,  and  every  amusement  and  convenience  that  can  be  thought  of  is 
provided  for  its  visitors.  While  the  Casino  and  McGowan's  Pass  Tavern  is 
the  favorite  rendezvous  of  New  York's  wealthy  horsemen ;  the  children  find 
it  a  picknickers'  paradise,  where  they  can  play  to  their  heart's  content  on 
the  smooth  velvety  lawns,  while  baseball,  cricket,  croquet,  tenuis,  skating, 
rowing,  driving,  bicycling,  sleighing,  and  driving,  all  are  indulged  in  in  this 
beautiful  breathing-place  of  New  York's  millions.    Its  museum,  with  its 


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many  art  treasures,  is  now  to  be  compared  with  many  in  the  old  world, 
while  the  wonders  of  taxidermy  in  the  Museum  of  Natural  History  invites 
the  curious  and  studious  to  spend  their  half-holiday  in  this  richly-stocked 
building.  Quite  as  important  to  tliis  big  city  as  Central  Pai-k  are  the  other 
smaller  parks  which  have  been  created  here  the  past  few  years,  and 
of  which  the  city  now  lights 
09.25  acres.  Our  philanthropic 
and  wealthy  citizens  have  made 
the  Metropolitan  Museum  in 
the  Park,  a  possession  of  which 
New  York  may  well  he  proud, 
it  standing  now  one  of  the  good 
collections  of  the  world.  One 
of  the  great  factors  in  the  suc- 
cess of  the  Metropolitan  Mu- 
seum has  been  Henry  G.  Mar- 
quand,  who  has  done  more  for 
art  in  this  country  than  any 
other  man  and  has  been  the 
pioneer  in  stimulating  the  pub- 
lic's taste  for  beauty.  In- 
deed so  liberal  has  he  been  in 
liis  princely  gifts,  that  it  is  said 
lie  has  given  more  to  the  mu- 
seum tlian  he  will  be  able  to 
leave  to  his  children,  in  costly 
paintings,  bric-a-brac,  rugs, 
pottery,  etc.  The  late  Cath- 
erine J^orillard  Wolff's  collec- 
tion, was  worthy  of  a  king's 
gift,  while  the  collection  be- 
queathed to  the  museum  by 
the  late  Edward  C.  Moore,  of 
the  firm  of  Tiffany  &  Co.,  con- 
tains priceless  works  of  art  in 
over  1,500  pieces  of  rare  pot- 
tery, glass,  bronze,  gold  and 
rare  porcelains,  gathered  by 
him  from  every  quarter  of  the 
globe. 

Madison  and  Union  Squares  may  be  called  the  parks  of  the  people 
where  tlie  masses  throng  daily.  Many  other  parks  are  scattered  through 
the  city,  among  them  being  Bellevue,  Bryant,  City  Hall,  Elm,  East  River, 
Harlem  River,  Jones  Wood,  Lion  Park,  Morningside,  Mount  ilorris.  River- 
side, Stuyvesant  and  New  York's  queerest  of  all  parks,  Tompkins  Square, 


and  which  some  call  "  Little  Berlin."  The  new  East  River  Park  has  been 
recently  acquiied,  as  has  also  Rutgers  Park  and  one  at  Leroy  Street  called 
Chelsea  Park.  In  the  annexed  district  is  St.  Mary's  Park;  while  old  Mul- 
berry Bend  is  to  be  turned  into  a  pleasuie  ground. 


NEW  YORK'S  PRIVATE 
PALACES. 


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BROADWAY   1  EOM   XINTH  STKKET,   SHOWING  GKACE  CHURCH. 


IlE    change    from  the 
conifoi  table  old  Dutcn 
Homestead  on  Staten 
Island     that  Commo- 
Vanderbilt     dwelt  in 
w  hen  a  young  man,  to  the  mag- 
nificent palaces  of  his  grand- 
children,  is  a  transformation 
that  would  be  magical  in  any 
other  country.    The  Vander- 
bilt  houses  on   Fifth  Avenue 
are  worthy  competitors  of  any 
imperial  palace  in  monarchical 
countries. 

The  palace  of  Wm.  K. 
Vanderbilt  on  Fifth  Avenue  is 
a  marvel  of  architectural 
splendor  and  luxurious  fur- 
iiisliiiiL;s,  and  above  all  is  the 
rtcc  of  Cornelius  Vanderbilt 
at  Fifth  Avenue  and  57tli 
Street  and  Central  Park  Plaza, 
one  of  the  finest  locations  in 
the  city  and  the  handsomest 
and  costliest  private  house  in 
the  world.  This  house  has  late- 
been  remodelled  at  a  cost  of 
•■^T, 000,000.  As  completed  now 
the  dwelling  is  a  most  magnifi- 
cent one.  The  decorations  of 
the  ball  room  alone  will  cost 
$200,000,  and  everything  else 
is  in  accordance. 

If  anything  could  emphasize  the  gradual  shifting  of  the  social  centre 
of  New  York  from  Fifth  Avenue,  below  Central  Park  to  Fifth  Avenue 
above  or  alongside  New  York's  greatest  breathing-spot,  it  is  the  recent 
action  of  the  millionaire  leader  of  New  York  society,  John  Jacob  Astor. 


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At  Fifth  Avenue  and  fiSth  Street  he  is  eiectin?  one  of  the  most  magnificent 
residences  in  Xevv  York,  at  a  cost  of  $800,000.  This  liouse  is  a  marble  pal- 
ace, occupying  more  ground  than  any  other  private  residence  in  Nevr  York. 
Near  this  is  the  handsome  residence,  facing  the  park,  wliicli  George  J. 


Gould  recently  purchased  for  $350,000, 
residence  of  Mme. 
de  Barrios,  the 
elegant  Have- 
meyer  residence, 
and  those  of  other 
society  people,  in 
fact  the  gradual 
encroachment  of 
trade  on  Fifth 
Avenue,  from  Mad- 
ison Square  to  Cen- 
tral Park  has 
crushed  the  resi- 
dential portion 
farther  up,  and 
hereafter  Fifth 
Avenue  from  57th 
Street  to  the  lim- 
its of  Central  Park 
is  to  be  sacred  to 
Society's  400. 

Nearly  every- 
body is  familiar 
with  what  is 
known  as  "  Mil- 
lionaireville,"  par- 
ticularly that  i>ait 
of  it  in  and 
around  5  7  t  h 
Street.  On  the 
northeast  corner  of 
that  street  and 
Fifth  Avenue  is 
the  historic  house 
of  which  Mrs. 
Paran  Stevens  has 
sion  built  by  C.  P, 


Near  here  is  also  the  handsome 


Tiffany's. 


UNION  SQUARE,  WEST 
Broad 


a  long  lease. 
Huntington. 


On  the  southeast  corner  is  the  man- 
Opposite  is  the  big  residence  once 
owned  by  Mrs.  Frederick  Stevens  and  now  belonging  to  the  Whitney  family, 
all  of  which  shows  how  "  the  course  of  empire  takes  its  way."  Considering 
that  each  foot  of  ground  is  worth  its  weight  in  good  gold  coin,  the  fad  of  our 


millionaires  for  city  gardens  is  a  costly  one.  Hut  as  nothing  is  impossible 
to  the  wealthy  we  have  some  few  instances  of  a  desire  for  breathing-places 
amid  modern  bricks,  stone  and  mortar,  that  in  their  way,  are  as  beautiful 
and  refreshing  to  the  eye  as  the  magnificent  Shalimarof  the  Delhi  emperor, 
or  the  fabled  gardens  of  Irani,  which  were  made  in  imitation  of  Paradise 

by  tlie  impious 
Shedad.  Among 
these  is  a  plot  on 
Fifth  Avenue  and 
58th  Street  worth 
its  weight  in  solid 
gold  coin  which 
was  recently  pur- 
chased by  Cor- 
nelius Vanderbilt 
for  $1,50,000  to 
make  a  parterre. 
For  this  he  bought 
the  Seventh  Reg- 
iment Club  House 
and  pulled  it  down 
to  make  a  beauti- 
ful addition  to  his 
magnificent  pal- 
ace, and  which  is  a 
reproduction  of 
the  "  Little  Tria- 
non "  of  Marie  An- 
toinette. 

John  Jacob 
Astor  has  just  pur- 
chased at  a  cost  of 
$1.50,000  two  beau- 
tiful stone  houses 
at  the  rear  of  his 
mansion  on  Fifth 
Avenue  and  65th 
Street  to  make  a 
"tennis  court"  for 
his  wife. 

John  D.  Rockefeller,  the  Standard  Oil  magnate,  has  the  finest  piece  of 
lawn  below  50tb  Street,  which  is  almost  rural  in  its  scope.  Among  others 
are  those  of  Whitelaw  Reid  at  the  old  Villard  mansion,  and  that  of  Mrs. 
Jules  Reynal,  .39th  Street  and  Madison  Avenue.  The  Theodore  Havemeyer 
residence  is  one  of  the  finest  in  town.    Mr.  Wm.  C.  Whitney's  residence. 


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which  was  built  by  Mrs.  Frederick  Stevens,  (whose  father,  Mr.  Sampson, 
was  an  old  Broadway  resident  with  him),  lilce  an  old  baronial  castle,  has 
quite  a  stretch  of  lawn  ou  both  Fifth  Avenue  and  57tli  Street. 

On  Stuyvesant 
Square,  the  house 
of  the  Hamilton 
Fishes,  of  the 
Rutherford  Stuy- 
vesants  and  the 
Folsoms,  have  all 
line  gardens.  On 
14th  Street,  right 
in  the  heart  of  the 
city,  stands  the  old 
S  p  i  ng  1  e  r  home- 
stead with  seveial 
acres  of  garden 
around  it  and  Mrs. 
Van  Beuren,  the 
late  occupant, 
seemed  scarcely  to 
appreciate  that  she 
occui)ied  a  space 
of  ground  wcn  th  a 
king's  ransom. 

About  the  old 
fashioned  brick 
house  at  19th  street 
and  B  r  o  a  d  w  a  y, 
where  lives  the  sis- 
ter of  the  late  Peter 
and  Robert  Goelet, 
who  was  Miss  Han- 
nah Goelet  and  is 
Mrs.  Thomas  H. 
Gerry,  mother  of 
Eldbridge  T.  Ger- 
ry, is  a  lawn  where 
up  to  within  a  short 
time  ago  a  cow 
chewed  her  cud 
and  a  peacock  and 

hen  aired  their  feathers.  Jfany  other  lawns  exist,  but  Cornelius  Vanderbilt 
and  .John  .Jacob  Astor  are  the  only  ones  who  thus  far  in  the  history  of  New 
York  have  bought  houses  to  tear  down  and  convert  the  lots  into  gardens. 


Other  luxuries  that  the  wealthy  residents'  taste  runs  to  are  the  niagnifi- 
cent  private  stables  for  roadsters  that  have  gone  up  in  the  past  few  years. 
One  of  the  costliest  of  these  is  a  corabiuatiou  stable,  coach  house,  gymna- 
sium and  riding- 
ring  which  Mr. 
Louis  Stern,  of 
Stern  Brothers, 
has  recently  erect- 
ed at  a  cost  of 
$180,000.  Frank 
Work  has  a  stable 
finished  in  oak  and 
brass  which  lie 
erected  at  a  cost 
of  $120,000,  while 
W.  D.  Sloane  has 
one  built  at  a  cost 
of  $7.5,000. 

The  Rockefel- 
lers  and  also  Mr. 
Flagler,  another 
Standard  Oil  mag- 
nate, have  veri- 
table equine  pal- 
aces, as  has  also 
Mr.  Bailey,  the 
showman. 

In  fact,  the 
t.Tstes  and  pleas- 
uies  of  New 
York's  million- 
aires are  becoming 
as  fastidious  and 
luxuriant  as  were 
those  of  the  an- 
cient Romans. 
Progress  in  the 
arts,  business,  and 
social  life,  means 
progress  in  refine- 
ment and  culture, 
and  this  is  shown 

in  all  things  during  the  last  generation,  and  more  particularly  so  here  in 
New  York,  where  "advance  "  is  the  watchword,  and  progress  is  evident  in 
everything. 


HOTEL,  BRUNSWICK,  FIFTH  AVENUE  AND  TWENTY-SIXTH  STREET. 


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THE  WONDERFUL  GROWTH  OF  THE  WEST  SIDE. 

THERE  was  never  in  mortal  "  ken  "  such  a  transformation,  even  in 
the  fabled  gardens  of  Baalbec  in  a  night,  than  there  has  been  in 
the  great  west  side  within  the  past  Hve  years.  An  interesting 
chapter  in  one  of  Zola's  novels  describes  a  real  estate  boom  where 
rookeries  are  con- 
verted into  pal- 
aces, and  crooked 
lanes  into  mag- 
nificent b  o  u  1  e- 
vards.  Of  course 
this  was  fiction, 
but  it  seems  no 
less  marvelous 
than  Zola's  won- 
derful description 
to  see  the  changes 
on  the  west  side 
of  the  city.  Five 
years  ago  the 
traveler  on  the 
West  Side  elevat- 
ed roads  could  de- 
tect large  ".lots  of 
vacant  ground; 
vegetable  gardens 
stretching  for 
blocks,  interrupt;- 
ed  only  by  squat- 
ters' huts.  How 
diffei-ent  is  this 
now  since  the 
West  Side  was 
built  up!  Travel- 
ers at  one  time 
spoke  of  the  mo- 
notonous acres  of 
brown  stone 
fronts,  almost 
identical  in  de- 
sign. "Sow  the 
stranger  can  spend 

hours  roaming  through  handsome  streets  filled  with  beautiful  houses,  each 
one  worth  looking  at  and  no  two  alike.    The  great  section  of  the  city  lying 


CROSSIXG  OF  BROAnWAY  AXD  SIXTH  AVEXIT:  AT  THIRTY- FOURTH  STREET. 


west  of  the  Park  is  now  the  choicest  residential  portion  of  Xew  York. 
Nor  is  it  in  the  private  residences  or  apartment  houses  alone  that  the 
West  Side  has  developed  our  architectural  taste.  The  office  buildings  and 
stores  are  also  marvels  of  beauty,  convenience,  and  taste,  and  like  those 
of  farther  downtown  contain  improvements  fur  the  convenience  of  tenants 
never  thought  of  before.    And  w  hy  should  it  not  be?    On  one  side  is  our 

beautiful  Central 
Park  —  the  finest 
in  the  world — on 
the  other  is  the 
grand  view  of  the 
magnificent  Hud- 
son with  the  Pali- 
sades frowning 
over  it  from  their 
lofty  height,  with 
Fort  Lee  Park, 
and  the  lovely  and 
popular  Kiverside 
Drive  and  Park, 
which  cond)ines  a 
river  view  un- 
equalled any- 
where ill  the 
world. 

The  many  new 
apartment  houses 
erected  on  this 
side  for  the  past 
few  years  are  as- 
tounding and  too 
numerous  to  men- 
tion, among  them 
being  the  new 
and  grand  Hotel 
Majestic  at  ":iiid 
Street  and  Broad- 
way, the  "Oma- 
ha." the  "  Neva- 
da" the  "San 
Remo,"  the  "  Ho- 
tel Beresford," 
"Empire  Hotel," 

"Hotel  E^ndicott."  and  many  others,  .\ltogether  the  West  Side  has 
approached  a  state  of  perfection  within  a  few  years,  and  bare  rocks  iind 


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weed-grown  thoroughfares  have  been  converted  into  a  region  of 
palaces  and  boulevards.  Fort  Washington  Park  Point,  jutting  out 
into  tlie  Hudson  at  ITSth  Street,  lias  been  laid  out  as  a  site  for  a  grand 
Park,  and  there  is  no  vacant  spot  near  Xew  Tork  that  can  be  named  as  a 
rival  to  it,  being  romantically  and  picturesquely  wild  and  grand  with  a  mag- 
nificent view  of  the  Hudson,  and  , 
which  the  new  speedway  will  ren- 
der easy  of  access  for  a  fine  drive. 
The  massive  and  beautiful  struc- 
ture which  stands  as  a  monument 
to  William  H.  Webb's  philan- 
throphy,  known  as  the  Academy 
and  Home  for  Shipbuilders,  is  also 
an  ornament  to  the  neighborhood, 
standing  on  a  bold  prominence  of 
Fordham  Heights. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  the 
choice  of  the  site  for  General 
Grant's  tomb  and  his  interment  at 
where  the  intended  niagniflcent 
mausoleum  will  be — one  of  the 
finest  spots  on  Manhattan  Island — 
was  one  of  the  strongest  advocates 
to  the  building  up  of  that  section 
of  the  city,  bringing  its  beauties  to 
the  public  notice  in  making  River- 
side Drive  to  the  tomb  the  favor- 
ite and  fashionable  one.  which  it 
will  always  remain,  as  the  beauty 
and  extent  of  the  scenery  cannot 
be  surpassed.  Wlien  this  tomb  is 
finished  it  will  be  one  of  the  most 
magnificent  tributes  to  greatness 
extant.  This  memorial,  which  is 
now  on  its  way  to  completion,  will 
be  of  light  granite,  about  100  feet 
square  and  1.50  feet  in  height.  It 
will  be  on  liigli  ground,  the  base 
being  about  1.50  feet  above  the 
level  of  the  sea,  which  will  place 
the  pinnacle  of  the  monument  .300  feet  higher  than  the  Hudson.  It  will  be 
high  enough  and  large  enough  to  be  seen  from  the  Palisades,  the  towers 
of  the  Brooklyn  Bridge  and  all  high  grounds  within  ten  miles  of  the  park, 
and  every  vessel  that  sails  up  and  down  the  river.  Three  millions  of  dol- 
lars  have  been  spent  already  by  the  city  in  the  work  of  decoratina-  this 


FIFTH  AVEXUE,  NORTH  FROM  FORTY-SIXTH  STREET. 


pleasure-ground.  Every  year  the  city's  population  increases  to  such  an 
extent  and  business  is  so  gradually  creeping  up  town,  that  the  tide  of  tiie 
residential  population  is  also  gradually  creeping  up,  and  the  demand  for 
uptown  houses  and  apartments  between  .59th  Street  and  Harlem  is  con- 
stantly" on  the  increase,   and  is  even  exceeding  the  supply,  although 

houses  are  springing  up  in  that 
quarter  almost  as  magically  as  the 
palace  of  Aladdin. 

The  fast  trains  run  by  the 
Xew  Haven  Railroad  to  Mount 
Vernon  and  by  the  Harlem  Rail- 
road four  track  svstem  to  Wood- 
lawn  is  a  great  .ncentive  to  New 
Yorkers  to  settle  in  this  locality, 
and  3vcn  as  far  as  Dobbs  F'-!  ry  is 
becoming  rapidly  built  up,  as  is 
also  Brooklyn,  .Jersey  City,  and 
every  place  that  is  accessible 
in  New  Jersey,  Long  Island, 
etc.  "  Ardsley  Park,"  which  was 
the  great  project  of  the  late 
Cyrus  W.  Field,  is  a  favorite  spot 
with  prominent  Xew  Yorkers  as  a 
place  of  residence.  Ardsley  Park 
is  a  most  beautiful  spot  on  the 
Hudson,  between  Irvington  and 
Dobbs  Ferry,  which  is  rich  in  rem- 
iniscences of  Washington  Irving. 
Benedict  Arnold,  the  shooting  of 
Major  Andre  and  many  other  early 
reminiscences,  was  chosen  by  the 
late  Cyrus  W.  Field  for  its  con- 
venience to  the  city  and  the  beau- 
ty and  variety  of  the  natural 
scenery  and  its  unequalled  river 
views,  and  was  improved  by  him 
at  a  cost  of  over  $2,000,000.  This 
magnificent  spot  is  now  the  resi- 
dence of  many  prominent  New 
Yorkers,  among  whom  are  "  our 
luxurious  summer  dwelling,  "  In- 
In  no  citj'  in  the  world  are  the 


own"  Cliauncej'  M.  Depew,  whose 
anda,"  is  a  veritable  "  bower  of  roses." 
suburbs  so  inviting  as  around  New  York,  and  some  of  the  palatial  resi- 
dences along  the  Hudson  are  fit  for  kings. 

Those  of  the  late  Jay  Gould  at  Irvington,  the  "  Fields"  and  Depew 


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residences  with  many  others  at  Aidsley  Paik  are  litfrally  palaces,  as  well 
as  the  magnificent  Kockefeller  mansion  anil  grounds  six  miles  farther 
north,  and  many  others  stretching  as  far  as  Kliinebeclc-on-the-Hudson, 
where  the  palatial  residences  of  many  of  New  York's  millionaires  are 
located;  among  the  most  ])rominent  of  which  are  the  estates  of  the  Astors, 
the  llhinehuulers.  and  that  of  Levi  P.  Morton.  Many  others  have  magnifi- 
cent estates  scattered  through  Westchester  County,  as  that  of  "  Ojihir 
Farm,"  at  White  Plains,  the  residence  of  Whitelaw  Ueid,  which  is  one  of  the 
finest  on  this  continent:  Scarsdale,  where  one  of  the  Vanderbilt  residences  is 
located;  and  along 
the  "  Iselin  Manor  '' 
torious  skipper  of 
learned    his    sailor         C^^-^-UII  Hi  ^ 

11% 


At  Pelham  Ma- 
Duchess  de  Dino's 
Frederick  Stevens) 
the  $;]."), 000  mansion 
and  many  of  New 
business  men. 
Mount  Vernon  is 
also  one  of  New 
York's  beautiful  res- 
idence s\iburbs  and 
is  called  the  "  Pearl 
of  Westchester 
County,"  to  whicli 
its  natural  and  arti- 
ficial advantages,  its 
healthy  location, 
modern  improve- 
ments and  charming 
villas  entitle  it.  It 
is  only  thirteen 
miles  from  New 
Y''ork,  where  over 
one  hundred  trains 
per  day  convey  pas- 
sengers.   In  fact  we  have  the  country  in  the  city, 


Long  Island  hound,  such  as 
at  New  Koi  hclle,  wheio  thevu;- 
tlic  ■•  Vigilant,  '  was  born  and 
man  s  A  1!  s. 

nor  IS  ■■  1  he  Priory,  the 
(lor  ni  e  r  1  y  Mrs. 
country  place,  and 
of  U.  li.  B.  Stapler, 
\  o  r  k  s  wealthy 


being  the  Sound  and  its  great  fields.  In  the  Bronx  Valley  Adelina  Patti, 
when  a  swarthy  little  black  haired  girl  of  twelve,  was  playmate  to  a  dozen 
residents  of  VVashingtonville,  who  still  talk  of  her,  and  in  this  romantic 
spot  there  is  now  a  regular  colony  of  Italian  peasants,  which  makes  life  there 
seem  something  like  the  country  life  of  Italy.  Another  summer  paradise 
for  the  great  class  of  men  who  must  keep  in  touch  with  their  city  business 
is  Long  Island,  on  which  the  Health  Commissioner  congratulates  the 
great  metro])olis  on  being  fortunate  enough  to  have  at  its  door.  When 
Manhattan  Island  was  placed  as  it  is  in  relati(m  to  the  great  waterway  of 
the  Hudson  River  and  was  given  that  harbor  which  has  made  it  the  metroji- 
olis  of  the  continent,  that  nature  had  Long  I.sland  as  a  distinct  part  of 
her  general  plan,  because  here  at  our  very  doors,  so  to  speak,  there  is  a 
place  which  contains  all  the  elements  of  the  ideal  summer  resort  for  any 
kind  of  a  place  needed  but  the  mountains.  There  is  shore,  and  the  sandy 
beaches,  for  bathing,  boating,  fishing,  swimming,  shooting  and  every 
variety  of  pleasure  and  sjiort.  Out  of  the  loins  of  Kockavvay,  which  was 
at  one  time  the  fashionable  watering-place  of  the  old  aristocrats,  have 
sprung  the  new  and  fashionable  growing  cohmies  of  Lawrence,  Wave  Crest, 

Cedarliurst,  Isle  of 
Wight,  and  others, 
where  polo,  pony 
racing,  steeplechas- 
ing,  and  fox  hunt- 
ing all  flourish, 
while  golf,  tennis 
and  all  other  ath- 
letic siiorts  have 
their  followers. 
JNIany  magnificent 
residences  have 
been  erected  in 
these  places  by 
members  of  New 
York  society,  so 
that  we  may  say 
that  what  Pompeii 
and  Bale  were  to 


around  Pellinm,  and 

Van  Courtlaiid  and  Bronx  Parks,  whichare  full  of  meadows,  glades,  dells, 
shady  nooks,  glens,  streams  and  fine  sjiots  for  a  day's  outing  and  which 
are  almost  at  the  door  of  the  toiling  millions  and  where  picturesque  and 
historical  houses  add  human  interest. 

But  few  people  in  New  York  are  familiar  with  the  rural  beauties  that 
lie  at  the  very  doors  of  the  metropolis  in  the  public  parks  of  the  annexed 
districts. 

The  Bronx  River  is  the  attraction  of  Bronx  Park,  Pelham's  beauties 


THE  VAXDEKBII.T  MANSIONS,   FIFTH  AVENUE. 

mediaeval  Pvome,  Long  Island  is  to  New  York. 


THE  NEWSPAPERS  OF  NEW  YORK,  WHICH  ARE  THE 
MOST  ENTERPRISING  OF  ANY  IN  THE  WORLD. 
UIE  newspapers  of  a  generation  ago  included  the  "Herald,"  the 
"Sun,"  the  "Tribune,"  the  "Times,"  the  "Evening  Post,"  the 
"Commercial  Advertiser,"  the  "Courier"  or  "Enquirer,"  the 
"  Journal  of  Commerce,"  the  "  Express,"  the  "  Mirror,"  the  "Courier 
des  Etats  Unis,"  and  several  German  newspapers;  the  principal  magazines 


T 


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were  "Harper's."  aiifl  the '•  Knickerbocker's."  Many  new  and  excellent 
papei-s  have  sprung  up  since  then  as  well  as  solid  magazines  which  hold 
their  own  in  popular  favor,  among  them  being  tiie  "  World,"  the 
"Recorder,"  "The  Mail  and  Express,"  "  The  Journal,"  "The  Commercial 
Advertiser,"  "Frank  Leslie's  Illustrated,"  and  many  theatrical  papers; 
and  in  magazines  the  most  popular  being  the  "North  American  Keview" 
and  "  The  Century  Magazine,"  and  there  are  now  twenty-seven  daily  news- 
papers published,  as  many  weeklies  and  nearly  as  many  monthlies,  while 
myriads  of  books  are  also  issued. 

Instead  of  the  tumble-down  buildings  of  other  days  the  newspapers  have 
splendid  homes.  City  Hall  Park  looks  out  on  "  Printing  House  Square  " 
proudly  as  she  views  the  new  and  magniliceut  home  of  the  "  World,"  that 
"Phoenix  "of  papeis,  which  has  literally  risen  from  ashes  since  Mr.  Pulitzer 
assumed  its  management;  the  solid  and  beautiful  building  of  the 
"Times,"  and  the  new  home  of  the  "Tribune."  The  "Herald,"  with  its 
usual  lead  has  followed  the  march  of  progress  and  left  its  magnificent 
building  at  Bi  oadway  and  Ann  Street  to  erect  one  of  the  most  unique  and 
perfectly  equipped  newspaper  offices  in  the  world  on  the  triangular  site 
at  3-ith  and  3l!th  Streets  and  Broadway  and  Sixth  Avenue,  the  sui  rounding 
section  being  now  known  as  "'  Herald  Square." 

Below  this,  from  Herald  Square  to  2Stli  Street,  is  what  is  distinctively 
an  American  institution  known  as  the  "  Rialto,"  and  which  is  the  resort 
of  the  wearers  of  the  buskin  and  the  rendezvous  of  actors  of  all  sorts  and 
conditions  in  the  histrionic  world.  One  can  find  nothing  like  it  in  any  other 
city  in  the  world,  it  belongs  exclusively  to  Xew  York.  The  Astor  House 
steps  are  the  political  rendezvous,  while  the  Fifth  Avenue  portico  is  the 
lounging-place  of  bankers,  statesmen,  kings  and  merchant  princes,  whose 
names  are  world  known,  and  in  fact  the  whole  city  lias  its  difTereiit  famil- 
iar corners;  and  the  "  tenderloin!  "    What  Venice  is  to  Italv 

"  The  revel  of  tbe  earth 
The  mask  of  Italy." 

so  this  district  is  to  tliis  city  and  reminds  one  of  a  glass  of  sparklinsr 
champagne  held  up  before  an  electric  light,  or  life  as  shown  in  the  new 
kinetoscope,  with  sparkles  of  electricity  mingled  in  with  the  "passing 
show."  The  Tenderloin !— Realm  of  all  night  revelry,  refuge  of  stricken 
hearts,  and  blasted  lives.  Here  flutter  the  moths  of  all  colors,  all  kinds 
and  all  sizes,  the  gilded  youths  with  the  sharks  of  life  waiting  to  swallow 
his  hopes,  his  ambitions,  and  rub  the  gilt  from  his  soul.  In  this  spot, 
where  the  spice  of  life  is  sought  after  midnight,  may  be  found  any  kind 
of  amusement  sought  for  in  the  new  life  that  commences  at  that  hour, 
and  where  "  Xew  York  by  Gaslight"  is  fully  illusti-ated. 

In  fact  a  different  interest  centres  in  all  parts  of  this  great  city— on 
the  piers,  at  the  ferries,  on  the  railroads,  in  the  streets. 


THE  LIBRARIES. 

NEW  YORK  has  about  forty-five  libraries — thirty-four  of  which  are 
public,  and  the  number  and  value  of  the  volumes  within  their  walls 
have  grown  so  rapidly  that  Paris,  Munich  and  even  London  will  be 
surpassed  in  their  library  collections  if  the  present  growth  continues. 
The  Lenox  Library  is  the  exclusive  retreat  of  the  denizens  of 
Murray  Hill  and  the  aristocracy  of  the  city.  The  business  man  would  feel 
out  of  place  among  the  sombre  collections  of  the  Astor  Library,  so  long 
ago  he  i)laniied  and  buil";  a  Mercantile  Library  for  his  own  use.  The  Law 
Society.  Hospital.  Apprenrlces',  and  Directory  Libraries  have  each  a 
distinctive  patronage. 

The  Astor  is  the  richest  of  a!j  Jiir  libraries.  One  million  dollars  worth 
of  books  repose  uiion  its  shelves,  which  contain  over  two  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  volumes,  anil  is,  of  course,  a  great  resort  for  students  and  liUera- 
teiirx.  Among  its  frequenters  are  Edgar  Saltus,  Edward  Fawcett  and  A, 
C.  Gunter,  the  novelists.  Antiquarians  from  all  parts  of  the  country  spend 
more  or  less  time  here.  This  library  contains  ^;200,000  worth  of  priceless 
books  and  manuscripts  that  are  storehouses  of  scholarship,  and  rare 
Winks  that  are  worth  small  fortunes,  which  are  seldom  allowed  to  go  into 
the  hands  of  the  ])ublio. 

The  Lenox  Library  contains  the  next  rarest  collection  of  book 
treasures,  and  contains  some  ancient  illustrations  in  priceless  manuscripts 
that  excel  the  work  of  our  modern  artists.  The  Lenox  also  contains  an 
excellent  Art  Gallery  whose  chief  attraction  is  "  Milton  dictating  'Paradise 
Lost'  to  his  Dangliters."  There  are  Init  ."iO.OOO  volumes  at  the  Lenox,  but 
most  all  of  them  are  rare  books  and  many  of  them  scholars'  standards, 
and  books  of  reference. 

The  Mercantile  Library  is  the  home  of  light  literature  and  contains 
2.50,000  tomes,  ranging  from  Voltaire  to  Rudyard  Kii)ling.  There  are  two 
law  libraries  in  the  city;  the  principal  one  belongs  to  the  Law  Institute, 
and  is  located  in  the  Post  Office  Building.  It  contains  about  twenty-five 
thousand  volumes  of  reference.  The  Copper  Union  contains  20.0<I0  volumes 
and  the  Apprentices'  Library  contains  over  60,000  volumes  and  is  pat- 
ronized chiefly  by  working  people,  while  the  Directory  Library  contains 
.lOO  volumes  and  is  jiatioiiized  mostly  by  detectives,  lawyers,  etc.  The 
l>hysicians  of  the  city  have  the  advantage  of  the  consulting  library  of  the 
Xew  York  Hospital,  which  contains  the  finest  collection  of  medical  works 
in  the  country. 

BANKS. 

NEW  YORK  is  called  the  banking  and  financial  centre  of  America 
and  the  chosen  throne  of  capital,  and  the  banking  facilities  are 
not  exceeded  by  those  of  any  city  in  the  L'nited  States,  The 
financial  importance  of  Xew  York  has  kept  pace  from  year  to 
year  with  the  country's  growth. 


•H  NEW   YORK- f  89©-  9h 


^  NEW   YORK-  t  896.  §!• 


55 


Thirt}-  years  ago  Chase,  then  secretary  of  the  treasury,  successfully 
planned  and  reconstructed  the  entire  system  of  banking,  and  there  are  now 
in  Xew  York  forty-nine  national  banks  with  a  combined  capital  of 
|4!\600.000,  with  surplus  and  undivided  profits  of  .*57,2:20,0'JS ;  ana  forty-five 
state  banks  with  a  capital  of  -$17,372,000,  with  surplus  and  undivided  profits 
of  -$15,309.8:57. 

The  foreign  banking  houses  conduct  the  operations  of  the  Old  and 
Xew  Worlds,  while  the  great  trust  companies  are  repositories  of  immense 
wealth  and  institutions  of  enormous  power.  Among  these  solid  institutions 
must  be  n.imed  .-is  sliaring  the  strides  that  commerce  has  made  in  >'ew 
York,  the  unpretentious  but  solid  old  Chemical  Bank,  at  which  the  privi- 
lege of  writing  a  pei-smuil  check  is  a  passport  to  a  good  many  places  and 
which  has  been  known  to  be  of  vast  assistance  to  a  man  in  a  social  way, 
as  well  as  in  business.  This  bank  is  the  bank  of  big  estates,  the  bank  of 
tlie  great  lauded  estates  in  tliis  country,  and  among  its  depositors  might 
be  made  a  complete  list  of  all  the  old  Knickerbocker  families  of  tlie  city 
and  some  of  the  wealthiest  corporations  in  the  world.  Tlie  shares,  whicli 
were  originally  bouglit  for  -$100  apiece  are  now  worth  -$4,iMU)  and  pay 
an  annual  dividend  of  l.")0  per  cent,  which  is  146  per  cent,  more  than 
government  bonds.  Its  capital  stock  is  §300,000  and  it  pays  out  in  divi- 
dends annually  $t.")0.0:W  and  lias  a  surplus  of  over  $7,000,000  and  its  annual 
deposits  are  over  $2.5,000,000.  It  is  no  easy  matter  to  open  an  account 
here. 

Among  the  new  buildings  in  this  department  that  liave  been  erected  in 
the  past  few  years  maybe  mentioned  tlie  new  Union  Trust  Company's 
Building  at  Xo.  SO  Broadway  at  a  cost  of  .$C0O,(KIO:  Gallatin  Bank  in  Wall 
Street  at  a  cost  of  $;?S0.0O0;  Central  Trust  Company,  Wall  Street,  -$200,000; 
Greenwich  Bank,  Sixtli  Avenue;  Farmers'  Loan  and  Trust  Company. 
William  and  Beaver  Streets;  Mechanics'  Bank.  Xo.  33  Wall  Street  and 
otliers  in  this  line.  Chief  among  tliese  great  financial  i)alaces  will  be  the 
new  home  of  the  Xew  York  Clearing  ni>use,  now  being  erected  on 
Cedar  Street  between  Broadway  and  Xassau  Street,  and  which  will  be  one 
of  the  most  beautiful  edifices  identified  with  Wall  Street. 

More  money  or  the  representative  of  money  changes  hands  in  'Wall 
Street  tliaii  any  where  else  in  the  United  States.  The  street  is  practically 
the  clearing  house  for  the  country.  The  sub-treasury  in  Xew  York  does 
infinitely  more  business  than  tlie  national  treasury  at  Washington.  Banks 
generally  tluougliout  the  country  keeps  balances  in  the  banks  of  X'ew 
York.  Those  in  and  near  Wi.ll  Street  are  selected  by  country  banks  as 
their  Xew  York  correspondents  for  the  reason  that  tlie  bulk  of  the  bank- 
ing business  is  in  that  locality,  and  a  Xew  York  draft  is  available  in  every 
portion  of  the  United  States. 

The  proportionate  amount  of  capital  invested  in  banking  in  this  city  is 
unusually  large,  and  divided,  as  it  is,  among  a  large  number  of  subscribers, 
it  demonstrates  the  fact  that  this  is  essentially  a  financial  community. 


OUR  SKY  SCRAPERS. 

BUT  the  many  new  and  wonderful  ofMce  buildings,  which  are  still 
linked  witli  tlie  old  ones  like  the  dead  and  living  criminals  of 
Jlezeiitius,  are  like  muncipalities  witli  laws  of  their  own  and  indi- 
cate the  progress  of  the  city's  business  in  an  area  which  is  less 
than  a  square  mile,  lying  below  Canal  Street  on  :Manhattan  Island,  and 
where  over  a  million  people  gather  for  business  each  day  in  tliis  little 
patch  of  territory,  and  tlie  only  resource  for  the  growing  business  was  to 
build  higher  and  higher  till  ten  stories,  tlieii  fifteen  stories  and  now  twenty- 
three  stories,  have  been  reached,  and  now  millions  of  people  find  accom- 
modations "  in  the  air in  these  modern  wonders  of  buildings.  Within  eacli 
of  the  walls  of  these  Imildiiigs  is  a  sepaiate  community  with  its  own  police, 
its  own  caterers,  its  own  servants,  and  with  laws  that  must  be  respected. 
Few  people  entering  these  buildings  realize  that  from  the  moment  they 
step  witliin  the  portals  until  they  go  out  tliey  are  under  the  watdiful  eyes 
of  a  special  i)olice  force.  Dangerous  visitors  are  not  frequent,  and  the 
duties  of  tlie  guardians  in  ordinary  times  are  confined  to  saving  the  tcnanfs 
from  annoyances  and  theft.  Beggars  or  canvassers  are  not  admitted. 
Canvassers  of  the  right  kind  can  get  a  permit.  Some  of  these  buildings 
contain  as  many  business  men  as  are  to  be  found  in  large  villages  and  are 
as  pojiulous  as  a  suburban  borough.  The  occupants  of  the  Equitable 
Building  alone  number  from  3..50O  to  4,000. 

Many  buildings  liave  peculiar  classes  of  tenants  as  the  Equitable, 
which  is  known  as  the  "Lawyers'  Building;''  the  Washington  Building, 
which  is  filled  with  great  coal  operators;  the  Mills  Building  with  bankers 
and  brokers,  etc.  Tlie  revolution  in  office  buildings  beg.an  with  the 
erection  of  the  Equitable,  still  one  of  the  finest  in  tlie  city;  after  that  came 
the  Mills  Building,  the  Washington  Building  and  many  others. 

The  capacity  of  some  of  these  buildings  is  astonisliing.  The  new 
Constable  Building  will  have  11.120  square  feet  of  fioor  surface  on  each 
floor  and  on  its  eleven  floors  there  will  he  231  offices.  The  American 
Tract  Society's  new  building  will  contain  814  offices,  distributed  over 
twenty-two  floors.  Some  of  the  older  buildings  whicli  are  very  large  con- 
tain comparatively  few  offices.  Tlie  Astor  Building,  seven  stories  in 
height,  covers  an  area  of  5,916  feet  and  has  only  1.54  offices.  The  Edison 
Building,  covering  5,138  square  feet  and  eight  st<nies  high,  has  only  88  of- 
fices. Tlie  tendency  nowadays  the  agents  say  is  for  smaller  rooms  and  even 
if  they  have  to  use  large  floor  space  to  have  it  cut  into  individual  offices. 

In  fact  to  stand  in  City  Hall  Park  the  coup  d'ceil  takes  in  a  greater 
number  of  magnificent  sky  scrapers  than  can  be  seen  at  a  glance  in  any 
other  large  city  in  the  world,  and  all  of  them  have  gime  uj)  within  the  past 
twenty  years.  The  Pulitzer  Building,  the  "Times"  Building,  the  "Tri- 
bune "  Building,  the  "  Staats  Zeitnng"  Building,  the  Home  Life  Insunance 
Company's  Building,  the  Postal  Telegraph    Company's  Building,  the 


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Mutual  Reserve  Fund's  new  building,  the  Temple  Couii;  Buildiiifr,  the 
Potter  Building,  the  new  Post  Office,  the  Shoe  and  Leather  Bank,  while  in 
the  immediate  vicinity  is  the  Downing  Building,  the  "  Recorder"  Building, 
the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company's  Building,  the  "Mail  and  Express" 
Building:  the  Corbin  Building,  the  Havemeyer  Building,  the  Monroe  Tay- 
lor Building,  the  Coalaud  Iron  Exchange,  the  Electrical  Exchange,  the  Ben- 
nett Building,  the  Xassau  Building,  the  Scott  ifc  Bowiie  Building,  and  many 
other  new  and  handsome  structures,  while  further  down  town  are  many 
new  buildings,  including  the  magnificent  building  of  the  Manhattan  Life 
Insurance  Company,  the  Union  Trust  Company's  Building,  the  Columbia 
Building,  the  Aldrich  Court,  the  Tower  Building,  Welles  Building;  the 
American  Tract  .Society's  Building  which  is  being  built  at  Xassau  and 
Spruce  Streets,  and  that  of  the  American  Surety  Company,  at  Pine  Street 
and  Broadway,  which  will  be  two  of  the  highest  buildings  in  the  city;  the 
new  Clearing  House  which  is  being  built  on  Cedar  Street  between  Nassau 
Street  and  Broadway,  the  Mutual  Life  Building  on  Xassau  Street,  and 
many  others.  The  new  Criminal  Court  House  is  another  ornament  to  the 
city,  which  reminds  one  of  the  Doge's  Palace  in  Venice  and  its  Bridge 
of  Sighs,  with  "  a  Palace  and  Prison  on  each  hand,''  as  well  as  the  new- 
Wool  Exchange,  which  will  be  ten  stories  high  and  cover  an  area  of  four 
acres  on  West  Broadway  and  cost  over  one  million  of  dollars. 

The  Mutual  Reserve  Fund  Building  is  one  of  the  handsomest  new 
buildings  in  the  city.  It  is  fourteen  stories  high  and  is  imposing,  massive 
and  beautiful,  and  is  absolutely  fire-proof.  The  site  cost  sGOO.OOO  and  the 
magnificent  building  on  it  brings  the  cost  to  .$1,200,000.  It  is  built  of  In- 
diana limestone,  and  the  balustrade  on  its  roof  is  200  feet  above  Broadway. 

One  of  the  finest  '-power  buildings"  in  Xew  York  is  the  Scott  & 
Bowne  Building  at  Pearl  and  Rose  Streets,  which  is  twelve  and  a  half  stories 
high  from  the  street.  This  splendid  structure  stands  on  ground  where  had 
stood  for  nearly  a  hundred  years,  several  fine  old-fashioned  mansions  with 
their  white  painted  portals  and  dormer  windows — a  part  of  this  site  was 
also  occupied  by  a  little  church,  also  belonging  to  another  age  and  deserted 
years  ago. 

Temple  Court  was  the  pioneer  among  the  great  office  buildings  and 
thebeginhing  of  the  revolution  in  these  .structures  and  was  erected  by 
Eugene  Kelly,  the  banker,  in  1882.  It  was  on  this  site,  in  a  theatre 
built  in  17.51.  that  Hamlet  was  first  produced  in  America,  and  from  this 
theatre  came  the  title  to  the  narrow  street.  '•  Theatre  Alley,"  that  runs  along 
one  side  of  Temple  Cmirt.  The  original  Clinton  Hall  and  Clinton  Hotel 
occupied  this  site  and  here  the  Mercantile  Library  first  commenced  the 
splendid  collection  of  books  which  it  now  boasts. 

In  the  vicinity  of  the  bridge  entrance,  too.  there  have  been  erected 
numerous  towering  buildings  devoted  to  manufacturing  interests,  occu- 
pied by  printers,  binders,  and  others,  the  nature  of  whose  operations 
require  steam  power. 


EXPENSE  OF  LAYING  THE  FOUNDATION  FOR  A  SKY 

SCRAPER. 

THE  public  generally  has  no  idea  of  the  precautions  tliat  have  to  be 
taken  in  laying  the  foundation  of  these  tall  buildings  and  prevent 
the  undermining  of  the  other  big  structures  around  them.  In  fact 
the  erection  of  the  great  twenty-three  story  building  of  the  Amer- 
ican Surety  Company,  now  in  proce.ss  of  construction,  will  be  the  greatest  en- 
gineering feat  of  its  kind  ever  attempted  in  this  country,  on  account  of 
the  big  buildings  surrounding  it  and  the  immense  weight  of  the  building 
itself,  which  is  built  on  a  lot  S.")  feet  sipiare,  and  which  when  completed 
will  weigh  exclusive  of  furnishings  44,000,000  pounds.  The  foundations 
for  this  had  to  be  sunk  by  means  of  caissons  to  a  depth  of  over  seventy 
feet.  The  building  will  cost  ^;l.2.-)0,000.  One-fifth  of  this  amount  will 
never  be  seen  as  it  will  be  buried  in  the  ground. 

OUR  SCHOOLS  AND  PROGRESS  IN  EDUCATION. 

MAXT  progressive  features  have  been  added  to  our  educational  sys- 
tem later  than  Xew  York's  famous  Normal  College  for  women. 
Many  si)acious  and  substantial  new  school  buildings  have  been 
erected  to  accommodate  the  increasing  po])ulatioii.  Xine  new 
buildings  have  been  erected  in  the  past  year,  while  many  others  have  been 
extended,  all  of  them  being  fire-proof  and  give  an  added  seating 
capacity  for  6.780  new  pupils,  and  in  another  year  there  will  be  room  for 
12.000  more,  while  one  Granimer  School.  No.  67,  will  be  used  exclusively  for 
colored  children.  Many  useful  innovations  have  been  made  in  some  of  the 
schools,  such  as  teaching  little  girls  how  to  cook,  which  is  done  on  gas 
stoves.  One  of  the  greatest  boons  to  the  coming  generation  is  the  New 
York  Trade  Schools  which  were  established  ten  years  ago  for  the  purpose 
of  giving  young  men  trades  in  the  mechanical  and  scientific  branches  and 
giving  them  the  opportunitj' of  learning  all  branches  of  skilled  labor,  which 
had  formerly  been  done  by  foreign  workmen  mostly.  To  this  noble  insti- 
tution Mr.  J.  Pierpont  Morgan  has  lately  given  the  splendid  gift  of  S."j00,00O. 
Free  schools  are  one  of  the  pillars  of  American  civilization  and  too  much 
importance  cannot  be  given  to  these  institutions  for  the  great  future  of  the 
nation.  A  new  industry  has  also  s])rung  up  in  Xew  York  in  the  last  couple 
of  years  and  that  is  the  establishment  of  looms  for  the  manufacture  of 
Oobelin  tapestry,  the  first  that  were  ever  made  in  this  country.  The  fac- 
tory is  on  the  Bronx  near  Williams  bridge  and  the  work  turned  out  is  as 
fine  as  any  made  in  the  Gobelin  Works. 

.\nother  innovation  is  the  providing  of  omnibuses  by  the  Board  of 
Education  to  convey  children  to  and  from  school  in  the  annexed  district, 
where  the  schools  are  far  apart,  the  stages  stopping  at  the  childreus" 


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houses  to  pick  them  up  enroute,  and  which  has  had  a  most  beneficial  effect 
upon  the  progress  made  in  tlie  studies. 

We  also  have  the  beautifully  located  finishing  school  on  Riverside 
Drive,  where  the  daughters  of  millionaires  are  taught  all  the  accomplish- 
ments, languages,  etc.,  that  fits  them  for  their  positions  as  ladies  of 
society. 

THE  SCIENCES  AND  ARTS. 

LONG  strides  have  also  been  made  in  this  city  in  surgery,  medicine, 
and  sanitary  science,  and  the  facilities  for  warding  oti  disease  and 
stamping  out  danger,  have  grown  perfect  under  the  vigilance  of  the 
efficient  Board  of  Health.  Xew  York  city  is  far  ahead  of  any  city 
iu  the  world  in  the  thoroughuess  and  efficiency  with  which  it  guards  against 
contagious  diseases,  and  great  progress  has  been  made  iu  every  branch 
of  science  and  the  arts.  The  growth  in  the  inventions  and  applications  of 
electricity  in  the  past  few  years  is  marvelous  and  in  too  many  new  ways  to 
mention.  Telegraphing  has  been  done  without  wires,  scientists  are  now 
talking  along  a  beam  of  liglit  through  the  photophone,  and  the  latest  in- 
vention by  Edison  is  the  kinetoscope.  Other  scientific  discoveries  have  been 
the  discovery  of  the  ditferent  bacteria  of  infectious  diseases  and  the  process 
of  inoculating  against  the  different  diseases,  the  cure  of  dipsomania  by 
bi-chloride  of  gold  injections,  hypnotism  which  has  superseded  anses- 
thelics,  and  hundreds  of  new  remedies  have  been  found  in  medicine  and 
surgery.  Great  strides  have  been  made  in  astronomy,  in  anthropologj-.  in 
engineering,  in  chemistry  and  in  everything  that  is  an  aid  to  civilization 
and  help  to  mankind. 

CHURCHES. 

COXSIDERIXG  that  Rome,  the  Eternal  City,"  has  only  something 
like3lj-5  churches  and  that  churches  are  the  predominating  feature 
of  what  was  once  the  '•  Empress  of  the  World  "  we  may  consider 
that  Xew  York  is  well  provided  for  wlien  she  makes  a  showing  of 
206  churches  of  different  denominations.  Of  these  27  are  Baptist.  .5  are 
Congregational,  14  Lutheran.  32  Methodist  Episcopal.  -'50  Presbyterian,  .5 
Reformed  Presbyterian,  5  United  Presbyterian,  43  are  Protestant  Episco- 
pal, 12  Reformed  Dutch.  21  Roman  Catholic,  4  Unitarian.  4  Univer.salist. 
3  synagogues,  2  Friends'  meeting-houses,  and  two  miscellaneous.  Of 
these  the  magnificent  St.  Patrick's  cathedral  on  Fifth  Avenue  is  the  finest 
piece  of  chui  ch  architecture  in  the  city  and  is  in  pure  Gothic  style.  Many 
others  are  also  architectually  beautiful.  Many  new  churches  have  been 
erected  in  tbe  past  few  years  in  the  upper  portions  of  the  city,  many  of 
them  being  triumphs  of  architecture. 


INCREASING  CHANGES  FROM  THE  OLD  TO  THE  NEW 

CITY. 

OLD  landmarks  are  gradually  disappearing  and  many  quaint  and 
shaky  buildings  are  so  overshadowed  by  palatial  structures  on 
either  hand  that  they  often  escajje  observation  only  by  the  old 
residenter,  who  loves  to  recall  memories  of  the  long  ago.  Many 
of  these  ancient  habitations  are  allowed  to  remain  because  their  owners  are 
waiting  for  a  rise  in  real  estate  values.  This  is  especially  noticeable  in  tlie 
'•  Greenwich  Village  ■'  section  of  tbe  city,  now  known  as  the  Ninth  ward, 
which  was  the  hot-bed  of  Know-Xothingism  in  the  "  American  party  "  days. 
There  are  localities,  too,  on  the  East  Side,  noticeable  reminders  of  when 
Henry  Street,  East  Broadway  and  Montgomery  Street,  were  the  nabob 
quarters  iu  the  early  forties,  Xew  Yorkers  imagine  that  every  vestige  of 
the  '•  dead  past  "  in  the  city  has  been  trampled  out,  but  tliey  crop  out  every 
now  and  then  among  the  most  modern  and  elegant  surroundings  in  ram- 
shackle rookeries.  Tall  structures  are  now  crowding  in  on  tbe  queer  little 
buildings,  and  triangular  landmarks  in  the  downtown  district  around 
Pearl  and  Chambers  Streets.  Twenty-five  years  ago  a  full-sized  lot  could  be 
bought  for  ST,000  in  this  locality,  and  within  a  year  an  old  settler  refused 
jil-jO.OUO  for  three  lots.  Many  historic  and  famous  houses  are  disappearing 
and  many  historic  spots  are  being  left  unmarked,  among  them  being  Wash- 
ington's Cherry  Hill  residence  on  Franklin  Square,  the  "Hamilton 
Grange,  "  on  Washington  Heights,  from  which  spot  one  can  see  the  Wee- 
hawken  shore  upon  which  Hamilton  fell  while  defending  bis  honor  from 
the  attack  of  the  infamous  Burr,  although  the  famous  thirteen  trees  which 
Alexander  Hamilton  planted  with  his  own  bands  are  still  standing  here  as 
a  monument  commemorative  of  the  thirteen  original  states  of  the  Union, 
still  they  are  appropriate  for  a  monument  or  memorial  tablet ;  also 
the  place  at  43d  Street  and  Broadway  where  General  Washington  and  Gen- 
eral Israel  Putnam  held  a  conference  of  war.  Another  interesting  site  is 
that  on  Chatham  Street,  where  the  first  free  schoolhouse  was  built  in  Xew 
York  city  in  1800,  and  another  where  the  Garden  Street  Dutch  churcli 
was  built,  and  which  was  famous  in  its  day.  Just  about  200  years  ago 
the  Dutch  church  was  finished  when  what  is  Exchange  Place  now  was 
Garden  Street,  The  Macomb  mansion  on  lower  Broadway  was  at  one  time 
occupied  by  Washington.  Another  interesting  old  spot  is  on  John 
Street,  between  William  and  Xassau  Streets,  where  the  first  M.  E,  church  in 
America  was  built  and  opened  124  years  ago.  and  to  which  some  of  the 
famous  old  Knickerbocker  families  were  contributors,  and  which  has  since 
been  twice  rebuilt,  Xeglected  cemeteries  of  other  generations  are  still  ly 
ing  in  the  heart  of  this  great  citj-.  One  of  these,  which  is  among  the  oldest 
landmarks  of  Xew  York,  is  framed  in  by  a  factory,  a  massive  apartment 
house  and  a  frame  building;  a  relic  of  old  Xew  York  bearing  the  name  of 


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"  The  Old  Grapevine,"  and  near  one  of  the  busiest  shopping  districts  is  an- 
other. Anotlier  of  these  old  cemeteries  lies  near  the  Bowery.  Another 
old  landmark  soon  to  disappear  is  the  old  colonial  mansion  over  the  tunnel 
at  Ninety-fourtli  street  and  Park  avenue,  where  General  Winfield  S.  Scott 
once  resided,  and  the  Ray  mansion  built  in  Chelsea  village  50  years  ago  on 
wliat  was  then  the  Ray  farm  by  Robert  Ray  on  the  spot  now  known  as 
Xinth  avenue  and  Twenty-eighth  street.    An  old-time  cliurcli  soon  to  be 


prominent  people.  The  massive  old  Schermerhorn  house  in  Twenty-third 
Street  is  soon  to  be  razed,  since  the  death  of  its  disappointed  owner.  An- 
other of  New  York's  oldest  landmarks  that  will  soon  disa])pear  to  make 
way  for  the  great  drawbridge  at  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fifth  street  is  the 
famous  old  "  Koad  House,"  once  the  Macomb  farm  house,  which  was 
turned  into  an  inn  and  was  the  favorite  halting-place  in  other  days  of 
scores  of  New  York's  most  prominent  men,  and  owners  of  fast  flyers  on 


CENTRAI,  PAKIC — THK  TERRAOE  AST)  OH  AND  STAIRCASE. 


sold  is  that  of  the  Church  of  Sea  and  Land  which  was  built  in  1819  and  is 
at  the  corner  of  Henry  and  Market  Streets,  near  the  spot  where  Nathan 
Hale  suffered  martyrdom  and  oidy  a  few  rods  away  from  where  Robert 
Fulton  made  his  first  ex))eriments.  Once  Commodore  Vanderbilt  lived 
near  here  and  was  one  of  tJie  congregation.  Among  the  other  pew  holders 
were  Mayor  VVestervelt,  Moses  Grinnell,  Robert  Taylor  and  many  other 


their  way  to  Fleetwood  or  .Terome  Parks,  and  almost  any  day  here  could  be 
seen  Commodore  Vanderl)ilt  with  one  of  his  famous  roadsters,  William  II. 
Vandcrbilt  and  Fred  Vanderbilt,  Robert  Bonner,  David  Bonner,  Frank  Work, 
August  Belmont,  Colonel  .lames  Fisk,  .Tohn  .lacob  Astor,  William  B.  Astor 
General  Grant,  Colonel  Kip,  E])h  Simmons,  Isaac  Bernstein,  George  Law, 
Roscoe  Conkling,  and  in  fact  all  of  New  York's  millionaires  who  enjoyed  a 


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drive  beliiud  their  blooderl  stock.  Another  interesting  old  landmark  that 
is  disappearing;'  to  make  breathinif-room  on  tlie  East  Side  is  the  old  '•Ferry- 
House  "  on  "  Corlears  Hook  "  at  No.  88  Jackson  Street,  built  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  century,  and  whence  started  a  ferry  for  Brooklyn  that  landed 
at  Hudson  Avenue  and  made  the  shortest  route  to  the  Navy  Yard.  But 
these  old  landmarks  are  only  disappeariug  as  many  others  have  in  the  past 
and  before  many  years  we  will  have  an  entirely  new  city  that  in  its  im- 
provements, population  and  area  shall  outshine  any  in  the  world. 

NEW  YORK  A  NEW  CITY. 

NEW  YORK  is  a  new  city  in  all  but  name,  and  even  that  may  be 
changed  when  the  vast  area  that  is  intended  to  be  included  in  the 
"Greater  New  York  "  is  consummated.  Our  collossal  commei- 
cial  palaces  and  business  buildings  are  the  marvels  of  strangers 
and  foreigners,  and  even  residents  returning  from  a  lengthened  stay  abroad, 
Our  bridge  spanning  the  East  Biver  to  Brooklyn  is  one  of  the  wonders  of 
its  day  and  our  statue  I  ghting  the  entrance  to  the  harbor.  Our  boats  run- 
ning d.  y  and  nigh"-,  our  small  pa'ks,  Museum  of  Art,  churches,  maguiti- 
cent  privat-^  dwellings,  schook.  tho;  *res,  streets  and  transportation  facili- 
ties, our  unriva.led  Central  Park  and  our  magnificent  Riverside  Drive,  the 
finest  drive  in  the  w;:  Id,  and  our  great  bridges  spanning  the  Ilarlem  River, 
and  endless  other  marvels  compel  the  resjject  of  foreigners,  as  being  a 
wonderful  city  to  look  at.  All  of  the  late  new  projects  and  iinprovements 
are  those  which  take  people  into  the  air,  and  when  completed  will  cost  over 
§100,000,000.  Four  great  bridges  are  now  in  the  hands  of  live  companies, 
and  except  the  New  Yor!:  and  New  .Jersey  Bridge  Company,  have  plain 
sailing  before  them.  These  are  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  bridge 
which  is  to  span  the  Hudson  somewhere  about  60th  Street,  and  which 
would  be  the  greatest  structure  of  the  kind  in  the  world,  and  cost  over 
§40,000.000;  the  New  York  and  Lang  Island  bridge,  whi  h  is  to  cross  from 
Long  Island  to  this  city  making  a  stei)ping-stone  of  Blackwells  Island,  and 
the  two  bridges  of  the  East  River  Bridge  Company,  over  the  East  River 
from  either  side  of  the  Navy  Yard,  winch  will  extend  the  elevated  system 
and  cost  over  §30,000,000. 

Other  great  works  are  in  progress.  The  Dock  Department  is  gradually 
changing  the  whole  face  of  the  water  front  and  facing  it  with  substantial 
walls  and  commodious  wharves.  This  Department  alone  brings  in  a 
revenue  each  year  to  the  City  of  §365.000.  The  United  States  is  finishing 
the  Harlem  Ship  Canal,  and  another  of  the  great  works  which  will  be  of 
particular  importance  to  Harlem,  and  which  is  now  in  progress  is  the 
building  of  the  new  elevated  viaduct  which  is  to  carry  the  four  tracks  of 
the  New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River  railroad,  and  the  other  Vandeibilt 
railroads  that  leave  the  Grand  Central  Depot,  over  the  streets  instead  of 
under  them,  from  111th  Street  north  to  the  Harlem  River  and  beyond  it. 


The  bridge  part  of  the  new  way  will  be  one  of  the  most  interesting  features, 
and  will  consist  of  a  big  swing  draw  which  will  be  400  feet  long  and  one  of 
the  biggest  in  the  world. 

New  York  has  fifty  miles  of  water  front  which  the  city  authorities 
propose  to  ac(iuire  and  improve  by  building  around  it  a  continuous  perma- 
nent bulkhead  of  concrete  and  stone,  and  from  this  a  uniform  system  of 
wharves,  which  will  materially  add  to  the  resources  of  the  metropolis. 

These  improvements,  with  the  great  drawbridge  over  the  Harlem 
River  at  15.5th  Street  and  Eight  Avenue,  connecting  with  the  Fort  Wash- 
ington bridge ;  the  new  Washington  bridge ;  the  trolley  cars  that  run  to  Ford- 
ham,  and  the  proposed  new  cable  roads  to  Kingsbridge;  the  magnificent  new 
speedway  which  runs  along  the  wooded  slojies  of  High  Bridge  Park  and 
Fort  (ieorge  Heights — the  most  naturally  picturesque  spots  on  Manhattan 
Island— all  of  these  will  make  New  York  one  of  the  finest  cities  in  the  world, 
especially  when  historic  White  Plains,  Mount  Vernon,  Eastchester,  etc.,  are 
included  in  the  annexed  district,  as  is  their  wish,  and  when  New  York, 
Brooklyn,  Long  Island  City,  Yonkers,  Richmond  County,  and  portions  of 
Queens  and  Kings  are  included  in  the  "  Greater  New  York."  then  will  this 
great  metropolis  cover  an  area  of  317.77  square  miles,  instead  of  as  it 
does  to-day  an  area  of  3S.85,  and  consolidation  will  insure  New  York  perma- 
nently in  her  position  as  the  metropolis  of  America.  Then  indeed  will 
New  York  be  what  it  was  originally  intended  for— the  acknowledged  queen 
of  commerce,  the  financial,  import,  export,  and  commercial  centre  of  the 
New  World. 


4t  NEW   YOf?K-t896-  il* 


GEORUE  W.  VA.\I;ER!)IU-'s  RESSDENCB,  RILTMORE,  N.  C.      built  «Y  U,  C.  weeks  &  SON   (SEE  ARTICLE  OPPOSITE). 


4t  NEW  YO 

THOMAS  STRAHAN  &  CO., 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

File  Wall  Paners  id  Um\m  Siieclalties, 

H.  A.  NEILSON,  Manager.        -         No.  156  Fifth  Avenue 

There  have  been  remarkable  advances  made  in  the  manufacture 
of  wall  papers  and  interior  decorations  of  late  years,  and  the  efTects 
now  produced  are  striking  for  their  genuine  artistic  merit.  Some  of 
the  recent  creations  of  Messrs.  Thomas  Strahan  &  Co.,  of  Chelsea,  Mass., 
are  veritable  poems  of  beauty,  and  embody  the  higliest  laws  of  art. 
This  house  has  a  branch  salesroom  in  this  city,  at  the  address  above,  and 
is  presided  over  by  Mr.  H.  A.  Xeilson,  as  manager,  where  a  full  line  of  sam- 
ples are  shown  from  the  works  of  the  firm  in  Chelsea.  No  house  in  its 
line  can  show  more  delicate  or  luxurious  effects  than  are  comprised  in  this 
stock.  The  [larent  house  was  founded  in  ISSO,  and  in  1889  tlie  Xew  York 
branch  was  oj)ened  by  Mr.  Xeilson,  who  had  been  a  partner  in  the  firm 
since  July  1,  1886,  and  whose  experience  in  the  wall  paper  trade  covers  a 
period  of  twenty-one  years,  having  been  for  eleven  years  with  Jancway  <fc 
Carpender,  wall  paper  manufacturers  at  Xew  Brunswick,  X'.  .7.  This 
branch  has  thus  every  advantage  to  help  its  interests.  The  business  organi- 
zation is  sound,  the  quarters  invite  the  attention  of  the  trade,  while  all  goods 
are  exclusive  designs  sold  only  by  this  house  and  comprise  the  finest  line 
and  liighest  grade  in  the  United  States.  Rich,  heavy  effects  for  the  quieter 
decorations,  and  <lelicate,  graceful  patterns  to  harmonize  with  lighter 
fittings,  are  shown  in  equal  beauty.  Sales  are  made  to  dealers  only,  and 
branches  are  also  operated  at  Xos.  9  Park  Street.  Uoston.  and  241  Wabash 
Avenue,  Chicago.  jSIr.  Strahan  is  the  manager  of  the  works  at  Chelsea,  an 
expertand  talented  designer,  and  for  upward  of  thirty  years  was  a  decorator 
in  Boston.  He  brings  out  the  most  original  and  dainty  designs  that  are 
produced,  and  his  name  stands  for  high  art  in  wall  (lapcrs  and  decorative 
specialties.  Mr.  Xeilson  is  a  Xew  Yorker  by  birtli.  a  resident  of  X'cw 
Brunswick,  N.  J.,  possessing  a  happy  aptitude  of  winning  the  confidence  of 
the  trade,  and  the  esteem  of  the  business  community. 


>K-  t  896.  »»  63 

D.  C.  WEEKS  &  SON, 
Masons  aocl  Builders, 

No.  289  Fourth  Avenue. 

Masonry  and  building  must  always  remain  one  of  the  chief  industrial 
trades,  and  in  treating  of  the  houses  that  represent  it  in  Xew  York  the 
enterprise  so  long  and  so  successfully  conducted  by  Me-ssrs.  D.  C.  Weeks 
&  Son  should  be  given  prominent  mention.  This  house  was  founded  fifty- 
six  years  ago,  by  Mr.  UeWitt  C.  Weeks,  who  remained  at  its  head  until  his 
decease  in  IS'.iO,  when  it  came  into  the  sole  control  of  Mr.  Francis  M. 
Weeks,  who  had  been  a  member  of  the  firm  for  a  number  of  years  previous. 
The  success  which  has  attended  the  house  from  tlie  start  is  largely  due  to 
the  thoroughly  all-round  and  complete  practical  training  of  the  principals, 
whose  association  with  the  trade  has  been  one  of  a  life-time.  Mr.  Weeks 
is  able  at  all  times  to  accept  contracts  and  give  them  materialization  in  a 
style  creditable  for  reliability  of  material  and  workmanship  as  it  is  satis- 
factory from  a  business  standpoint.  He  takes  work  by  the  job  or  contract, 
and  is  ns  famed  for  the  strict  straightforwardness  in  the  pushing  of  orders 
in  the  one  case  as  for  his  close  adherence  to  specifications  in  the  other. 
Messrs.  Weeks  built  the  m;insion  of  Ceorge  W.  Vanderbilt,  at  Biltmore, 
Xorth  Carolina,  one  of  the  finest  in  .\merica,  which  took  five  years  to  com- 
plete and  cost  several  millions.  He  also  erected  Mr.  Vanderbilt's  farm 
barn  and  dniry  at  Xew  Dorp,  Staten  Lsland;  besides  St.  PauVs  M.  E. 
riinrch.  at  Voiuth  Avenue  and  22nd  Street;  and  Berkeley  Lyceum,  this 
city:  also  Mr.  Archibald  Rogers'  residence  at  Hyde  Park.  Xew  York, 
and  many  fine  residences  in  this  city  and  vicinity.  His  services  are  in  con- 
stant and  important  request,  and  his  fame  rests  upon  a  long  and  creditable 
career.  :\rr.  F.  M.  Weeks  is  a  native  of  X"ew  York,  and  one  of  its  largest 
contractors  and  representative  business  Jiien;  a  member  of  the  General 
Society  of  Mechanics  and  Tradesmen,  the  Mechanics'  and  Traders'  Ex- 
change, the  Masons'  and  Builders'  Association,  and  the  Building  Trades 
Chib,  and  honored  and  esteemed  in  all  the  various  relations  of  life. 


64 


«ff  NEW  YORK-t8©6-  Vt^ 


C. 


IT.  PEAKSOX  Sr  CO.,  ImparU- 
4oTa  Pioduce  Exc'liaiige. — The 
Wes  t 
Indies 


and  Ex|)<)rteis,  Xos. 
trade  of  this  country 


a  n  d    S  o  u  t  h 
America  is  one 
of  manifest  im- 
portance in  the 
present,  and 
f  r  o  m    \v  li  i  e  h 
c  o  m  11  e  t  e  II  t 
authorities  an- 
ticipate f;n- 
re  ao  li  in;;  anc 
p  r  o  li  t  able  re- 
suits  in  the 
future.  Hence 
t  li  e  business 
conducted  by 
Messrs.    C.  II. 
Pearson  &  Co., 
established  here 
in  1894,  as  com- 
mission   m  e  r  - 
chants  and  ini- 
poi'ters  of  rub- 
ber, hides,  feath- 
ers, hai'd  woods, 
coffee,  cocoa, 
and  other  W^est 
India  and  South 
American  prod- 
ucts,   ajid  ex- 
po r  t  e  1-  s  of 
Amei  ican  prod- 
ucts   to  those 
countries,  while 
jiroductive  of 
very  gratifying 
results  to  those 
i  m  media  tely 
concerned,  is 
also   an  essen- 
tially useful 


one,  as  it  affects,  directly  or  indirectly,  the  entire  <  (mimunily  in  each 
country;  as  the  hou.se  handles  anything  from  the  West  Indies  and  South 
America  for  which  a  market  exists  in  this  country,  particularly  in 
the  above  lines,  and  also  anything  from  this  country  for  which  a  market  is 
to  be  found  there.  They  are  likewise  general  agents  for  the  Independent 
Line,  running  to  South  American  ports,  and  the  senior  partner  is  general 
agent  for  the  Isaac  ilarter  Company,  of  Fostoria,  Ohio,  the  largest  flour 
mill  in  the  world.  Possessed  of  a  very  thorough  and  general  acquaintance 
\Mth  various  descriptions  of  merchandise,  as  well  as  great  commercial 
aptitude,  the  Messrs.  Pearson  &  Co.  have  quickly  built  up  a  large  con- 
nection, and  the  steady  personal  apjilication  evidenced  bv  them,  together 
with  the  soundness  of  their  judgment  in  selecting  such  i)r<ulucts  and  maiui- 
factures  of  America  as  find  a  ready  and  profitable  sale  in  the  markets  to 
which  they  export,  has  inspired  unbounded  c(mfidence  in  the  firm,  both 
with  houses  here  who  need  a  foreign  maiket,  and  with  South  American 
and  West  India  traders  who  have  customers  for  our  goods;  with  the  i-esult 
that  the  house  is  in  steady  and  uniformly  growing  favor  at  Ik, me  and 
abroad.  Orders  by  telej.hone,  "  922  Broad,"  by  cable  or  mail,  receive  their 
prompt  personal  attention.  The  co-partners,  Messrs.  C.  II.  Pearson  and 
F.  K.  Eden,  are  well-known  New  Yorkers,  enterprising,  progressive  and 
alert,  whose  futuio  success  in  the  business  world  is  well  assured. 

R()I!E1!T  .r.  MILLS,  General  Contractor  and  IJnilder,  Postal  Tele- 
grajih  lJuilding,  No.  2.V>  Broadway.— American  cities  and  towns 
are  the  most  i)rogressivo  of  any  in  the  world  ;  they  exact  the  high-- 
est  class  of  public  improvements,  and,  in  view  of  the  facilities  af- 
forded by  our  leading  contractors,  they  are  enabled  to  introduce  improve- 
ments that  would  otherwise  be  unobtainable.  The  facilities  thus  refeired 
to  have  a  forcible  illustration  in  the  extended  operations  of  Mr.  liobert  J. 
Mills,  the  general  contractor  and  builder.  This  gentleman  has  been  es- 
tablished in  business  bore  for  a  period  of  thirty  years,  and  has  done  a  large 
amount  of  contracting  in  this  city  and  vicinity.  A  sjiecialty  is  made  of 
large  contracts,  and  Mr.  Mills  has  won  a  deservedly  high  prestige  for  his 
success  in  all  departments  of  his  busine.ss.  By  his  ability,  skill  and  sound, 
judicious  policy,  he  has  developed  a  patronage  of  great  magnitude,  and 
carried  through  to  completion  many  large  city  and  private  contracts.  He 
built  the  foundation  for  the  Second  Avenue  Elevated  Railway  from  Chat- 
ham Squaie  to  the  Harlem  ]!iver  ;  also  the  foundation  for  the  Eighth 
Avenue  Elevated  from  1  lotli  Street  to  Harlem.  He  laid  fifty  miles  of  pipe 
for  the  Knickerbocker  (Jas  Light  Company  of  New  York  ;  built  the  cut 
for  the  South  ]?rooklyn  Kailroad  and  Terminal  f;ompany,  including  over  a 
million  yards  of  excavating,  not  counting  the  rock  and  brick  work  ;  built 
the  car  house  and  rei)air  shop  for  the  Nassau  Electric  Kailroad  in  Brook- 
lyn, and  graded  several  streets  in  this  city.    No  contractor  in  this  line  in 


4f  NEW   YORK- 1836. 


65 


the  city  liad  to  ilo  vvitli  more  heavy  undertakings  or  those  requiring 
more  scientific  skill  and  strict  adherence  to  s])ecifications.  As  a  result,  he 
has  won  an  enviable  name  for  skilland  resiJonsiblity,  and  his  services  are  in 
constant  and  important  request.  He  promptly  furnishes  estimates  for 
large  jobs,  and  is  prepared  to  guarantee  the  best  and  most  lasting  work,  at 
rates  of  cost  that  are  the  lowest  to  be  had  in  this  country  f(M-  high-class 
service. 


TIIK  ISAAC  IIARTER  COMPANY,  Merchant    Millers,  Fostoria, 
Ohio  ;    C.  n.  Pearson,  Agent,  No.  437  Produce  Exchange.— The 
develo])ment  of  New  York  as  the  great  commercial  metroi)olis  of 
the  country  renders  it  of  the  utmost  importance  to  the  leading 
establishments  in  outlying  sections  of  the  United  States  to  be  directly 


and  from  Cape  Breton  to  the  (Julf  of  Mexi(-o,  the  Mexican,  and  Central  and 
Southern  American  Kepublics,  Africa.  Great  Britain  and  Continental 
Europe.  The  mills  are  in  jioint  of  machinery  equipment  only  such  as  the 
highest  range  of  American  mechanical  genius  could  devise,  or  the  lavish 
expenditure  of  cajntal  could  procure  ;  the  plant,  (referred  to  as  of  the 
single  pattern),  enjoying  the  reputation  of  being  the  largest  of  its  type  in 
the  world,  with  a  capacity  of  2,500  barrels  of  flour  per  day.  The  brands 
upon  wliich  the  company  especially  and  justifiably  pride  themselves  in- 
clude the  following  high  grade  flours  :— "  liarter's  A.  No.  1,  Patent." 
••  (iovernor  Foster's  Jessie,"  "Imperial,"  "Challenge,"  "  Seneca  Chief." 
"Gold  Dust,"  "  True  Blue,"  "Peerless"  and  "General  Fav(uite,"  all 
manufactured  under  the  full  roller  process.  The  trade  radiating  from  this 
point,  which  has  become  materially  increased  since  Mr.  Pear.son  assumed 
its  management,  covers  New  York,  New  Jersey  and  New  England,  as  also 


represented  in  this  great  mart  of  trade.  As  illustrative  of  this  view  we 
make  but  due  mention  of  the  world-renowned  Isaac  Harter  Company, 
merchant  flour  millers,  of  Fostoria,  Ohio,  whose  eastern  and  export  inter- 
ests are  under  the  able  management  of  Mr.  C.  H.  Pearson,  with  business 
oflSce  as  above.  The  parent  house,  of  which  this  is  a  branch,  has  enjoyed 
a  prosperous  commercial  existence  for  the  past  quarter-century,  the  repu- 
tation of  the  enterprise  being  Al,  from  the  Aroostook  to  the  Oregon  liiver 


extensive  exports  to  foreign  points  on  the  other  side  of  the  Atlantic.  Mi-. 
Pearson,  the  representative  here,  has  had  the  management  of  the  eastern 
business  for  the  past  year,  during  which  period  he  has  developed  a  trade 
of  large  and  steadily  growing  proijortions.  lie  is  a  young  man,  and  has  re- 
sided in  New  York  for  the  past  twenty-four  years,  and  combines  to  a  rare 
degree  that  energy  and  progressiveness  so  distinctly  indicative  of  the  New 
York  business  man. 


fiG 


m  NEW  YORK- 1896.  }r» 


STKAMEK  HANAN,  OK  THE  IXnF,I>KXT)ENT  LINE. 


INDEPENDENT  LINE,  C.  H.  Pearson  &  Co.,  Geiieinl  Agents.  Nos.  487 
and  437a  Produce  Exchange. — Xew  Voik  Ion;;  a<>()  firmly  e.stahlislied 
her  claim  to  tlie  foremost  place  amoni;  the  rjreat  fruit  markets  on  this 
continent,  owiu<;  to  the  ever  successful  sales  of  West  Indian  fruits  and 
produce,  which  have  yearly  increased  until  now  navigation  is  opened  each 
spring  by  the  arrival  of  ocean  craft  laden  with  oranges,  lemons  and  other 
fruits  from  tropical  climes,  which  land  their  cargoes  amounting  to  hun- 
dreds of  thousands  of  packages  in  splendid  condition  to  he  sold  at  auction 
to  buyers  from  all  i>arts  of  the  country.  Under  such  circumstances,  there 
certainly  is  room  for  the  enterprise  iuangurated  by  The  Hush  flomi)any, 
(Limitcfi),  and  C.  H.  Pearson  &  Co.,  as  proprietors  of  the  Independent 
Line.  The  Independent  Line  offers  direct  passenger  and  freight  service 
to  the  West  Indies,  its  steamers  sailing  direct  from  Bush  Docks, 
foot  of  41st,  42d  and  43d  Streets,  South  Brooklyn,  to  the  island  of  Jamaica, 
taking  in  all  ports.  This  line  lias  the  largest  pier  in  New  York  harbor, 
being  LOGO  feet  long  and  3(i0  feet  wide,  while  their  stores  include  six  large 
warehouses,  built  of  biick  in  the  best  style,  five  stories  high,  and  having 
the  most  modern  facilities  of  any  in  this  harbcn-.  A  general  public  storage 
business  is  transacted,  and  fruits  aud  other  merchandise  are  stored  here 


upon  the  lowest  terms  and  under  the  most  favorable  conditions.  Tlie 
steamers  of  this  line  are  under  the  direction  of  Messrs,  C.  H.  Pearson  (it- 
Co.,  as  freight  agents,  who  are  part  owners  of  the  line.  The  owners  and 
proprietors  of  this  great  enterprise  are  to  be  congratulated  on  the  success 
they  have  achieved  and  the  bright  outlook  for  the  future. 

IRVING  SAVINGS  INSTITUTION,  No.  ll.o  t'hanibers  Street— This  bank 
bears  favorable  comjiarison  as  regards  size,  management  and  stability 
with  any  other  in  the  country.  It  was  incorporated  in  18.")!,  and 
occupies  spacious  and  elegant  banking-rooms  in  its  own  four-story 
building,  with  large  tire  and  burglar  proof  deposit  vaults,  giving  every 
guaiantee  Of  security.  A  ^ery  large  business  is  done  here  smoothly  and 
ifticicntly,  and  the  bank's  enviable  record  and  magnilicent  financial 
showing  reflect  the  highest  credit  on  the  officers  and  trustees,  who  are  as 
follows,  viz  : — W.  H.  B.  Totten,  president  ;  Frederick  Meyer,  vice-presi- 
dent :  .Joseph  Rogers,  second  vice-president  ;  (r.  ]5yron  Latimer,  secretary, 
and  Charles  H,  Kancher,  treasurer;  trustees  :  Joseidi  Rogers,  John  A. 
llardeiiljergli.  Ernest  C.  Korner,  Frederick- Meyer,  W.  H.  B.  Totten,  Mar- 
tin (ierdes,  L).  B.  Halstead,  Thomas  Stillman,  John  K.  La.sher,  Lloyd  I. 
Seaman,  C.  W.  Miller,  W.  H.  Duckworth,  Albert  G.  Bogert,  John  AV. 
Castree,  James  E.  Cari)euter,  Chas.  II.  Fancher,  John  W.  Nix,  George  A. 
Ellis,  a.  Byron  Latimer,  John  H.  Dye,  Charles  D.  Boschen  and  Henry 
Kroger.  These  are  all  familiar  names,  those  of  representative  citizens, 
whose  standing  in  the  conimuiiity  is  alone  a  sufficient  guarantee  of  the 
ability  and  integrity  of  the  bank's  inanagenient.  On  July  1st.  1890,  there 
was  due  depositors  $0,253. ()1(;.4(),  with  a  surplus  of  $75(l,;w8.92,  and  assets 
aggregating  $7,004. 17"). 32.  We  cannot  but  draw  attention  to  this  model  in- 
stitution as  one  that  fully  deserves  the  patronage  of  the  public,  and  which 
has  become  by  its  care  in  making  investments,  avoiding  losses,  while  paying 
handsome  interest  and  keeping  within  the  strict  letter  of  the  law  as  re- 
gards investments,  deservedly  recognized  as  one  of  the  financial  bulwarks 
of  New  York.  President  Totten  is  a  in-ominent  New  Yorker,  the  son-in-law 
of  Mr.  John  Castree.  whose  long  coiinec^tion  with  the  Irving  Savings  Insti- 
tution is  familiarly  known  to  all.  :Mr.  G.  Byron  Latimer,  the  secretary,  for 
sixteen  years  prior  to  assuming  his  iiresent  jiosition  devoted  his  energies 
to  the  service  of  the  Irving  National  Bank,  during  which  time  that  bank 
enjoyed  a  prosperity  and  growth  which  jilaced  it  well  in  the  front  rank  of 
fiduciary  institutions  of  the  city.  He  is  a  native  of  Brooklyn,  and  resides 
at  Rockville,  1^.  I.,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  financial  circles  of 
Greater  New  York,  and  the  board  of  trustees  presents  an  array  of  talent 
and  solidity  which  commands  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  entire 
business  world.  The  Irving's  new  building  on  Chambers  Street,  between 
Church  Street  and  West  Broadway,  is  thoroughly  lire-proof  and  combines 
all  niiidcrn  improvements  with  every  convenience  for  the  prompt  and  satis- 
factory conduct  of  business  along  twentieth  century  lines. 


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ALASKA  GOLD  SYXDICATE  COMPAXY.  Denslow.  Ward  &  Co.. 
Fiscal  Agents,  No.  50  Broachvay. — Alaska  is  the  name  of  all  that 
portion  of  the  northwest  extieniity  of  this  continent  which,  until 
1^67,  was  known  as  Russian  America.  It  was  discovered  by  Vitus 
Berin<;,  a  Dane,  in  1T2S.  who  was  sent  by  the  Imperial  Government  at  St. 
Petersburs;  on  a  voyaf^e  of  discovery.  He  sailed  the  waters  east  of  Siberia 
until  he  arrived  in  the  <^reat  closed  sea  that  now  bears  his  name.  In  17T-1 
the  Spanish  explorers  reached  .Sitka.  Captain  Cook,  an  Englishman,  and 
one  of  the  most  daring  navigators  of  his  time,  justly  shares  with  Bering, 
who  preceded  liini.  as  does  also  his  young  lieutenant.  Vancouver,  who 
followed  him,  the  glory  and  honor  of  navigating  the  waters  of  Bering  Sea 
and  the  Xortli  Pacific,  (ilacial  Action  Producing  (iold  Placers:  In  Alaska 
natui'e  is  still  at  work  putting  on  the  finishing  touches  to  her  great  marvel 
of  world  making.  The  volcanoes  are  still  belching  forth  their  liquid  tires, 
holding  in  their  steaming  nostrils  golden  streams  of  metallic  vapor.  Here 
the  (ilacial  Period  still  exists.  Magnificent  glaciers  of  gigantic  proportions 
are  still  wearing  and  tearing  away  the  mountain  sides,  grinding  up  the 
gold-bearing  ciuartz  and  distributing  it  in  enormous  deposits,  which  make 
iip  the  gold-bearing  gravel  placers  of  the  country.  Enormous  Water 
Kesourees:  Xo  drift  has  covered  these  great  deposits  of  gold-bearing 
gravel,  through  which  rivers  How  of  sufficient  magnitude  and  fall  to  fur- 
nish all  the  water  necessary  for  the  profitable  use  of  hydraulic  washing. 
Xo  agricultural  interests  are  damaged  by  harnessing  this  water  power,  and 
no  fertile  lands  are  destroyed  by  the  dumping  of  debris.  Cook  Inlet : 
Discovery  of  (iold  Placers  in  IS!)."):  Disappointment  in  Panning.  The  dis- 
coveries of  rich  gold  ])laccrs  at  Cook  Inlet  in  the  year  ISil.").  induced  a  great 
many  men.  estimated  as  high  as  :!..")00,  to  go  into  that  country  in  the  Spring 
of  lS!>(j.  Tliey  were,  as  a  rule,  inexperienced  men  as  far  as  jilacer  mining 
was  concerned.  The  most  of  them  were  supplied  with  but  little  money,  ex- 
cept what  was  necessary  to  get  them  there,  and  no  ju  actical  experience  in 
working  placers.  A  number  of  these  men  reached  Cook  Inlet  only  to  find  all 
the  promising  land  staked  out  by  others  who  preceded  them,  and  had  they 
been  so  fortunate  as  to  liml  any  unoccupied  territory  they  were  in  the  same 
position  as  those  already  in  i)ossessi<)n.  unable  to  ]>rofitably  work  them  for 
want  of  funds.  An  e.\perienced  placer  miner  who  has  hardened  his  muscles 
with  constant  toil  would  find  very  little  satisfaction  in  trying  to  wash  out  by 
hand  gold  from  gravel  yielding  as  high  as  Al.  to  the  cubic  yard.  With  con- 
stant toil  he  could  in.t  po.ssibly  wash  out  ni(ne  than  three  cubic  yards  in  a 
day.  Enormous  Profits  of  Hydraulic  Washing:  Hut  science  has  come 
to  the  aid  of  placer  mining,  and  the  hydraulic  engine  known  as  the  "  Little 
Giant"  will  do  the  work  of  250  men.  and  gravel  yielding  only  li)  1-2  cents 
to  the  cubic  yard  will  turn  (nit  gold  running  into  hundreds  of  millions  of 
dollars,  as  in  the  case  of  the  Smarfsville.  Yuba  County  District.  California, 
at  a  cost  of  only  three  cents  to  the  cubic  yard.  What.  then,  can  be  said  of 
the  possibilities  of  the  Cook  Inlet  country  intelligently  worked  in  a  system- 
atic way  on  business  principles?  The  Alaska  (iold  Syndicate  Company: 
Its  Valuable  Properties:  The  Alaska  Gold  Syndicate  Company  was  organ- 


ized for  the  i)urpose  of  securing  and  develojiing  all  the  natural  resources 
of  Alaska,  that  so  lavishly  spreads  her  golden  showers,  ready  to  enrich 
whoever  enters  her  gates  under  the  leadership  of  intelligent  skill.  'J'his 
company  owns,  in  its  own  name,  very  valuable  locations  of  gold  placer 
properties,  aggiegating  over  9, (JOO  acres  of  rich  auriferous  gravel,  with  an 
unfailing  abundance  of  water.  It  is  the  intention  of  this  company  to 
develoj)  this  property  as  fast  as  possible.  The  Alaska  (iold  Syndicate 
Company  also  owns  ;i20  acres  of  exceptionally  rich  gravel  on  I^esurrection 
Creek.  Besides  these  gold  placers  the  company  owns  10.0(J0  acres  of  coal 
land  at  Coal  Bay,  Cook  Inlet.  This  company  has  also  secured  a  40;?  interest 
in  two  extensive  gold-bearing  gravel  locations,  one  of  ;^5,000  acres,  at  Anclioi- 
Point,  averaging  •S:>.50  to  the  cubic  yard,  that  can  be  washed  at  a  cost  of 
three  cents  to  the  yard.  The  other  location  is  of  twelve  square  miles  on 
the  Cliuitna  River,  aggregating  ~t,C>SO  acres.  Town  of  Homer.  Cook  Inlet. 
Hundreds  of  Miles  West  of  the  Disputed  Territory:  They  also  have  laid 
out  the  town  site  of  Homer,  at  Coal  Bay.  All  these  properties  are  on  Cook 
Inlet,  Alaska,  and  are  hundreds  of  miles  west  of  the  disputed  line  of  Eng- 
lish territory — so  there  is  not  the  slightest  chance  of  ever  waking  u])  to 
find  our  property  absorbed  by  that  great  claimant  of  all  good  things — the 
British  Lion.  This  important  fact  is  urged  as  another  advantage  of  being 
located  on  Cook  Inlet.  Several  prospecting  parties  are  out  looking  for 
more  placer  locations  in  hitherto  unexplored  territory,  and  it  is  the  inten- 
tion of  the  company  to  sustain  its  position  to  which  present  ownershii)s 
entitle  it  as  the  largest  gold  placer  mining  company  in  the  world.  Im- 
provements: .\t  Anchor  Point  on  Cook  Inlet  a  large  amount  of  money  has 
been  expended,  all  necessary  buildings  erected,  dams  constructed,  ditches 
built,  pipes  laid  and  sluice  boxes  made  ready  to  receive  the  golden  stream 
when  the  ten  Giants,  eipial  to  the  concentrated  energies  of  2,500  men,  shall 
turn  the  gold-bearing  gravel  into  Cook  Inlet,  there  forest  forever  in- the 
depths  of  the  Pacific  Ocean,  after  having  been  washed  free  from  its  piecious 
golden  nuggets.  Statistics  of  Placer  Washing:  In  Bowie's  practical 
Treatise  on  flydraulic  Mining,  table  lii..  the  yield  of  gold  from  gravel 
washing  in  Russia  is  figured  at  >s741,0S:?.l()0.  out  of  2()5.7t)0.0S0 cubic  yards— 
an  average  of  •'S2.8;}  to  the  cubic  yard.  The  official  report  of  gold  and  silver 
in  the  United  States.  ISSl.  page  010.  states: — ''The  United  States  has  pro- 
duced upwards  of  Al.OOO.OOO.OOO  in  gold:  sl.200.0(10.0()()of  wliich.  or  seventy- 
five  per  cent,  of  the  whole,  being  taken  from  placer  mines."  The  average 
yield  per  cubic  yard  from  the  placer  mines  producing  the  above  was  2().() 
cents.  Cost  of  Placer  Washiiig:  From  the  late  work  of  .Vug.  (i.  Bowie,  Jr., 
on  hydraulic  mining  in  California,  the  average  cost  of  placer  inining  is 
shown  to  be  about  :>  cents  per  cubic  yard.  The  placers  of  Montana  have 
been  much  richer  than  those  of  California.  Three  placers  in  Montana — the 
.\lder  Gulch,  the  Union  Gulch  and  the  (irasshopper  (iulch — yielded  1.50  mil- 
lions of  gold  in  the  sixties,  while  in  Bi  itish  Columbia  still  l  icher  placers  are 
found.  If  a  straight  line  were  run  from  California.  Montana  and  British 
Columbia  on  to  Siberia,  where  the  richest  placers  exist,  it  would  pass 
directly  through  Cook  Inlet,  Alaska.    Climate:  Cook  Inlet  was  termed  by 


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4f  NEW 


the  Russians  the  Paradise  of  Alaska,  being  warmed  by  the  Japanese  cun  ent, 
whose  beneficent  influence  affects  the  entire  southern  coast  of  Alaska. 
Masses  of  flora  spring  into  life  early  in  the  season  and  quickly  blossom. 
Small  fruit,  especially  raspberries,  blueberries,  cranberries  and  red  currants, 
everywhere  abound.  Cattle  prefer  the  hay  of  Alaska  to  that  imported 
The  climate  on  Cook  Inlet  is  such  that  continuous  work  can  be  carried  on 
for  seven  or  eight  months  in  the  year,  and  we  confidently  assert  that  from 
a  thorou'-h  testing  of  the  gravel  on  the  locations  a  magnificent  future  awaits 
our  company.  Alaska  is  full  of  gold,  and  the  sands  of  Cook  Inlet  will  be 
washed  for  the  precious  metal  for  many  a  generation  to  come. 

PANXINGS  OX  AXCnOU  POINT  PKOPEPvTY. 


Eqcal  per 
Colors    cubic  yard 

TO  ABOCT 


No.  1. 

1  Pan. 

2  feet  down  from  top  of  bluff, 

40 

$  1.60 

No.  2. 

Out  of  side  of  bluff  10  feet  below  top, 

70 

2.80 

No.  3. 

Out  of  side  of  bluff  12  feet  below  toj)  from 

sand, 

7 

.28 

No.  4. 

Out  of  side  of  bluff'  8  feet  below  top  from 

sand, 

30 

1.20 

No.  5. 

3  feet  below  level  of  Beach, 

416 

It).  64 

No.  6. 

feet  below  level  of  Beach, 

100 

4.00 

No.  7. 

2  feet  below  level  of  Beach, 

200 

8.(10 

No.  8. 

J.i  Pans.  2  feet  below  Beach  level. 

789 

10.00 

'No.  9. 

1  Pan, 

foot  of  bluff  on  level  of  Beach, 

62 

2.48 

No.  10. 

2  feet  below  level  of  Beach, 

96 

3.84 

No.  11. 

2  feet  below  top  soil  of  bluff. 

16 

.72 

No.  12. 

1  foot  below  top  soil  of  bluff. 

7 

.28 

No.  1?.. 

At  low  water  on  Beach, 

40 

1.60 

No.  14. 

Upper  strata  of  gravel  from  Bluff' on  Beach,  :30 

1.20 

No.  1.".. 

i  juile  North  of  Beach  Creek  on  a  Bluff  115 

feet  high— from  near  the  top— facing 

the 

Inlet,  1  mile  back  from  Cook  Inlet, 

41 

1.64 

No.  16. 

1  mile  North  of  Camp  on  Beach,  11 

feet 

down  from  top  soil  of  bluff, 

19 

.76 

Tlie  above  panniiigs  give  an  average  of  S3..")6  to  the  cubic  yard.  In  every 
other  part  of  this  property  examined  the  color  was  found  in  every  panning 
without  exception.  How  to  Acquire  an  Interest  in  The  Alaska  Gold  Syndi- 
cate Company:  The  shares  of  The  Alaska  (Jold  Syndicate  Company  are 
now  selling  at  a  price  far  below  their  intrinsic  value.  When  the  returns 
from  the  clean-ups  commence  to  come  in.  and  the  stock  goes  to  a  dividend 
basis,  tlie  puichaser  at  i)resent  prices  will  have  uo  reason  to  regret  having 
placed  his  confidence  in  the  future  of  Ala.ska  placer  mining  under  .skillful 
and  experienced  management.  Prospectus  c<mtaining  ma])s.  engineers' 
reports  and  price  of  stock  will  be  maile<l  to  any  address  by  applying  to  the 
fiscal  agents  as  above. 


f?K-t896.  ^ 


POSTAT,  TkLEGH.\.PH  AND  HOME  LiFE  Bl  ILDINtiS. 


«H  NEW  YORK- 1896.  »  6» 


WH.  FLEMING,  Manufacturer  of  the  Fleniinj;  Dynamo  JJrush, 
No.  393  Pearl  Street. — Much  time  and  attention  has  been 
devoted  during  recent  years  to  the  production  of  a  dynamo 
*  brush  which  would  be  absolutely  sparkless  and  noiseless  in 
operation,  as  well  as  to  reduce  the  wear  on  the  commutator.  And  this 
desideratum  would  seem  to  have  been  reached  in  at  least  one  instance. 
What  with  invention,  improvements  and  mechanical  ingenuity,  the  article 
of  which  W.  11.  Fleming  is  patentee  anil  manufacturer,  is  about  as  nearly 
perfect  as  it  is  possible  to  make  it.  It  is  by  universal  consent  the  most 
effective  and  altogether  superior  brush  ever  devised.  It  is  a  distinct 
trium))h  in  its  way,  and  cannot  be  excelled  in  a  single  feature  of  merit. 
The  Fleming  Woven  Wire  Gauze  Brush,  patented  .January  30,  18'J4,  is  the 
latest  type,  and  at  once  commends  itself  to  the  electrical  engineer.  It  is 
composed  of  gauze  cloth  of  high  conductivity,  pure  lake  copper,  the  copper 
wire  being  drawn  to  thirty-four  li.  &  .S.,  and  then  woven  to  a  mesh  of 
3,600  tc  the  S()uare  inch.  The  manufacturer  claims  that  by  the  process  em- 
ployed by  him  an  article  is  produced  which  when  placed  on  a  commutator 
in  good  condition  and  properly  adjusted,  is  absolutely  sparkless  and  noise- 
less, and  reijuires  no  further  attention.  It  is  also  conii)act  and  flexible, 
and  readily  adjusts  itself  to  the  surface  of  the  commutator,  insuring  good 
contact,  though  bearing  lightly  and  evenly  on  the  segments,  thus  reducing 
to  a  mimiinum  the  wear  on  this  part  of  the  dynamo.  The  standard  of  ex- 
cellence of  this  brush  may  be  judged  by  its  adojitiou  for  use  by  the  United 
States  and  foreign  governments.  The  Fleming  dynamo  brush  is  in  use  on 
a  number  of  steamshii)  lines  sailing  from  the  ])()rt  of  New  York,  and  is  in 
rapidly  growing  demand  throughout  the  United  States,  Canada,  Central 
and  South  America.  It  can  be  furnished  in  any  desired  size  on  short 
notice,  and  all  orders  will  receive  immediate  attention.  A  large  stock  is 
constantly  kept  on  hand,  and  includes  over  190  different  sizes  of  brushes, 
every  one  of  which  is  fully  warranted.  Mr.  Fleming,  the  inventor  and 
manufacturer  of  the  Fleming  dynamo  brush,  was  born  in  London.  England. 
He  came  to  this  country  in  ISS",  and  has  been  establislied  in  business  in 
New  York  since  1892.  He  is  a  thoroughly  practical  electrical  engineer, 
and  a  man  of  skill  and  ingenuity.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Insti- 
tute of  Electrical  Engineers,  as  well  as  of  the  New  York  Electrical  .Society, 
and  also  belongs  to  the  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  other  associations.  Mr.  Fleming 
is  prepared  to  quote  prices  on  dynamo  brushes  of  all  sizes,  and  will  offer 
inducements  on  extra  large  purchases. 

JOIINF.  SAllLE,  I'ajjer  Warehouse,  No.  5S  John  Street. — The  business 
of  this  house  was  established  more  than  thirty  years  ago  by  Mr. 
Horace  Taylor,  who  was  a  native  of  New  England,  and  wlio  died  in 
1SS4,  deeply  regn^tted  by  all  who  had  his  acijuaintance.    From  the 
origin  of  the  business  Mr.  J.  F.  Sarle  has  been  connected  with  it  in  a  man- 
agerial capacity,  and  since  the  death  of  Mr.  Taylor,  the  business  has  been 


under  his  sole  management.  The  success  which  has  attended  his  manage- 
ment and  his  popularity  with  the  customers  of  the  house,  is  the  best 
evidence  that  can  be  adduced  as  to  his  executive  ability.  The  trade  is 
extensive,  and  is  chiefly  of  a  wholesale  character,  necessitating  tlie  perma- 
nent employment  oi  twelve  assistants.  The  premises  occupied  comi)rise 
the  ground  floor  and  two  basements  of  the  building,  which  is  28  x  100  feet 
in  dimensions.  In  addition  to  these  the  house  has  large  storage  accomnuj- 
dation  outside.  This  is  the  selling  agency  for  some  of  the  most  noted 
paper  mills  in  the  country,  among  these  being  the  Weston  I'aper 
Mills,  the  L.  L.  Brown  I'aper  Company,  the  Fairlield  l'ai)er  Company, 
(iiaham  Brothers,  and  Crane  A  Company,  and  numerous  other  Eastern 
manufacturers.  The  house  handles  every  descrii)tion  of  papers  for 
printers  and  blank  book  manufactureis,  etc.,  of  which  it  makes  a  specialty, 
and  it  is  always  in  a  ])osition  to  fill  the  largest  ordeis  with  promi)tness  and 
at  the  lowest  ruling  market  prices,  the  stock  on  hand  being  ami>le  to  meet 
all  immediate  demands.  Mr.  Sarle,  the  proprietor,  is  a  native  of  New 
York  State  and  a  resident  of  Brooklyn,  and  one  of  the  most  experieiu;ed 
men  in  the  paper  trade  in  the  city. 

JOHN  B.  ELMENDOUF,  Book  Binders'  and  Printers'  Machinery, 
No.  44  Centre  Street. — No  house  in  New  York  stands  in  more  de- 
servedly liigli  favor  with  bookbinders  and  printers  throughout  all 
this  section  of  country  than  that  conducted  by  Mr.  .John  B.  Elmen- 
dorf,  as  agent  for  bookbinders'  and  printers'  machinery.  This  gentleman 
has  been  connected  with  this  line  of  business  for  a  number  of  ye.irs,  and 
took  possession  of  his  present  jnemises  in  January,  1S9().  Famed  from  the 
very  outset  of  his  business  for  the  supply  of  reliable,  high  grade  machinery, 
the  connection  built  up  with  members  of  the  bookbinders'  and  printers' 
craft  has  year  by  year  developed,  and  has  now  assumed  itrojjortions  of 
great  and  gratifying  magnitude.  Mr.  Elmendorf  is  especially  prominent 
in  the  trade  as  agent  for  the  Seybold  jMachine  Company,  of  Dnyton,  Ohio, 
bookbinders',  jnijiters',  lithographers'  and  paper  box  makers'  machinery; 
K.  H.  Brown  A  Co.,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Universal  wire-stitchers,  etc.;  A. 
Y.  Andrews,  of  Philadelphia.  Pa.,  Improved  Paring  machine ;  and  Nelson  E. 
Funk  Machine  Company,  of  New  York,  automatic  pajier  feeding  machines. 
He  is  known  to  handle  the  finest  makes  of  paper-cutters,  embossing 
machines,  stamiiing  presses,  hand  presses,  signature  presses,  automatic 
trimmers,  book-folding  machines,  wire-stitching  machines,  and  kindred 
supplies,  and  his  house  is  therefore  headfiiuu  ters  for  bargains  in  every- 
thing in  this  line.  His  trade  is  large  and  influential  throughout  New  York, 
New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania  and  New  England,  and  with  permanent  patrons 
in  the  largest  Eastern  cities.  All  orders  receive  immediate  personal  atten- 
tion, and  all  transactions  are  placed  upon  a  substantial  and  thoroughly 
satisfactory  basis.  Mr.  Elmendorf  is  a  native  New  Yorker,  a  veteran  of 
the  Seventh  Regiment  and  a  member  of  various  clubs  and  societies;. 


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A.  MAC  FARLAND,  Statuary,  Monuments,  Etc..   No.    Ill  Kittli 
Avenue. — In  this  brief  sketch  of  tlic  business  of  Mr.  S.  A.  ^lac- 
»    Farbind.  manufacturer  and  importer  nl  >tatn;u\v,  moniinients  aiul 
marble,  at  t'arrara,  Italy 


with  New  Yoric  ottice  as  above, 
we  introduce  to  our  readers  the 
only  American  dealer  in  this  line 
having  his  own  studios  in  Italy 
and  controllins'  the  output  of  a 
valuable  quarry,  rankin<;  lirst  in 
iiuality  and  second  to  none  in 
volume  of  production.  'I'heciuarry 
at  Carrara  has  been  opened  for 
thousands  of  years,  and  has  been 
un<Ier  the  control  of  .Mr.  Mac  Far- 
land  dnrin<;  the  past  decade.  lie 
established  his  Xew  York  orti(!e 
bore  in  1S'.(2,  and  supplies  throni;h 
tliis  medium  the  American  retail 
tiade.  The  manager,  Mi'.  Koss  C. 
Adams,  is  a  pi-actical  designer, 
who  graduated  from  the  Academy 
of  Fine  Arts,  at  Carrara,  and  was 
in  business  there  for  several  years 
prior  to  his  ])resent  connection, 
lie  has  designed  and  executed 
many  important  public  and  pri- 
vate memorials  throughout  the 
United  States,  and  is  in  close 
touch  with  the  American  retail 
trade.  Fabrication  of  memorial 
work  has  become  an  art  requir- 
ing originality  of  conception, 
technical  training,  i)atient  and 
intelligent  .i|iiilication,  and  the 
very  acme  of  expert,  \vorkmanshi|i 
admirable  and   enduring  qualities. 


to  secure  an  artistic  totality  of 
To  fully  meet  these  essential  icq- 


uisites,  the  efforts  of  this  house  are  unremitting.  In  both  memorial 
designs,  ideal  and  realistic  carving,  and  in  the  selection  of  materials,  it 
stands  pre-eminent  in  the  trade.    The  fullest  extent  of  artistic  possibility 

has  signalized  its  i)roductions. 
All  work  jiroves  as  represented, 
is  giuirauteed  in  every  resjject, 
and  every  statement,  in  letter 
and  spirit,  is  fully  substantiated. 
With  a  large  nunilicr  of  artistic 
and  well-known  models,  as  well 
as  new  and  oiigiiial  designs,  and 
the  services  of  the  best  living 
marble  workers,  Mr.  Mac  Fai  land 
is  better  jiieparcd  than  any  otliei' 
tirni  in  Italy  to  till  orders  for  any 
class  of  statuary,  monuments, 
altars,  etc.  With  offices  in  Lou- 
don. Eng..  and  .Sydney,  N.  .S.  W.. 
and  a  trade  extending  to  every 
civilized  land,  tliis  house  is  in  a 
position  to  submit  estinuites  and 
quote  ])rices  of  the  most  reason- 
able character.  In  addition  to 
monumental  statues  Mr.  ilac  Far- 
land  also  sells  iiortrait,  religious, 
parlor  and  decorative  statues,  and 
has  recently  added  a  new  branch 
in  his  Carrara  studio  for  execut- 
ing statuary  of  American  granites 
from  models  by  the  best  Italian 
sculptors.  He  is  also  sole  agent 
for  the  celebrated  Kose  and 
I'nrple  granites  that  have  been 
cnii)loyed  in  many  of  the  leading 
buildings  and  nu)nunients  in  Italy 
for  ages,  and  which  have  riMciill\  liecn  brought  to  the  attention  of  the 
tiaile  in  this  country. 


^  NEW   YORK-  f  896.  W 


71 


CHIXA  AXU  JAPAN  TRADING  COMPANY.  Limited,  Genenil  Im- 
porters and  Exporters,  Nos.  ;32,  .'A  and  36  Burling  .Slip.— Tlie  trade 
of  this  country  witli  China  and  Jai)an  is  one  of  manifest  impor- 
tance in  the  i)resent,  and  from  which  coni])ptent  authorities  antici- 
pate far-reaching-  and  valuahle  results  in  the  future.  Hence  the  business 
conducted  by  the  China  and  Japan  Trading  Company,  as  general  inijjorters 
and  exi)orters,  while  productive  of  unprecedently  gratifying  effects  for 
tho.se  immediately  concerned,  is  also  an  essentially  useful  one,  as  it 
affects,  directly  or  indirectly,  the  entire  community  in  each  country,  as  the 
company  handles  anything  from  China  and  Japan  for  which  a  market 
exists  in  America,  and  anything  from  this  conntiy  for  which  a  market  is 
to  be  found  abroad.  The  business  was  founded  fifty  years  ago,  by  II. 
Fogg  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  by  Win.  H.  Fogg  &  Co.,  and  in  1875  the 
l)resent  company  was  organized  and  came  into  control.  They  import  direct 
the  finest  of  Chinese  and  Japanese  products,  handling  tea  and  silks  largely; 
and  liandle  all  kinds  of  American  and  Euiopean  merchandise  on  commis- 
sion, both  as  exporters  and  importers;  such  as  machinery,  lumber,  agri- 
cultural implements,  textile  goods,  hats  and  caps,  boots  and  shoes,  etc. 
Their  trade  relates  to  all  parts  of  the  Union,  and  the  management  has  a 
very  close,  inside  knowledge  of  the  best  direct  sources  of  supply  abroad, 
and  conduct  the  affairs  of  the  company  on  a  basis  distinctively  condu- 
cive to  extended  commercial  relations,  while  the  managers  are  also  well 
posted  on  the  best  means  of  transport  and  the  style  in  which  nieichandise 
.should  be  packed.  Branches  are  operated  at  London,  Eng.;  Slianghai, 
China;  Yokohama,  Hiogo,  (Kobe)  Osaka,  and  Nagasaki,  Japan.  The 
officers  of  this  enterprising  company  are  as  follows,  viz  :  II.  N.  Twombly, 
president;  H.  D.  Webb,  vice-president;  Robert  Christie,  treasurer;  D.  R. 
Aldridge,  secretary.  All  are  well-known  New  Yorkers,  elected  to  their 
respective  jiositions  in  1SS4.  members  of  the  New  York  ^lai  itime,  Produce, 
and  Silk  Exchanges  and  of  high  repute,  both  at  home  and  abroad. 

THOMAS  G.  EDGE,  Representing  McKee  &  Bro..  Glasswaie:  and 
Warwick  China  Company.  Pottery,  No.  00  West  Broadway,  Corner 
Murray  Street. — This  gentleman  represents  Messrs.  TNIcKee  <fe  Bro., 
of  Pittsburgh.  Pa.,  and  the  Warwick  China  Company  of  Wheeling, 
W.  Va.;  and  has  been  established  in  the  business  here  since  1802.  He 
carries  a  full  line  of  samples,  and  sup|ilies  jobbers  and  dealers  throughout 
Xew  York.  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania.  New  England  and  the  South. 
McKee  &  Bro.  operate  one  of  the  oldest  houses  in  the  glass  industry  of 
the  country,  having  been  in  control  of  the  McKee  family  for  over  sixty 
years.  They  manufacture  pressed  and  blown  table  glassware  of  the 
highest  grade  and  quality.  The  Warwick  China  Company  has  been  in 
operation  for  twenty  years,  and  manufactures  a  fine  line  of  ))lain  and  deco- 
rated china  ware,  table  and  chamber  sets.  Every  article  supplied  through 
Mr.  Edge  is  fully  warranted,  while  the  very  lowest  consistent  prices  are 


quoted,  and  all  orders  are  filled  at  short  notice  direct  from  the  factoiy. 
Mr.  Edge  is  a  native  of  England,  who  has  been  in  this  line  of  business  for 
thirty  years,  and  is  eminently  popular  in  meeting  the  demands  of  a  wide- 
spread and  critical  trade. 

CAFFALL  BROTHERS,  Buildings  of  all  Kinds  of  Stone,  Brick,  Mar- 
ble, Terra  Cotta,  Stucco,  Etc.,  Renovated,  Waterpioofcd  and 
Preserved  by  our  Special  Processes,  Hartford  Building,  No.  41 
Union  Square.— This  business  was  founded  by  Mr.  Robert  May 
Caffall,  the  inventor  of  the  above  processes  of  invisible  waterpioofing  for 
indurating  and  j)ermanently  i)reserving  the  walls  of  marble,  stone,  brick, 
cement,  terra  cotta,  stucco  and  other  buildings,  some  thirty  years  ago,  in 
England.  He  introduced  it  here  in  187S),  and  became  one  of  the  founders 
and  managers  of  the  Stone  and  Brick  Waterproofing  Company.  His  sons, 
Messrs.  Edward  M.  and  Henry  (i.  Caffall,  also  became  inteiested  in  that 
corporation,  and  in  1890,  all  three  resigned,  the  sons  foiniing  the  piesent 
firm  and  the  father  retiring  in  their  favor,  giving  to  his  sons  all  his 
formula;,  recipes,  etc.  relating  to  the  above  processes  for  their  special  use 
and  benefit.  The  jiartners  have' had,  resjjectively,  twenty-one  and  seven 
years'  experience  in  the  business,  and  are  fully  qualified  to  estimate  upon 
and  properly  carry  out  any  work  they  may  undertake.  Their  improved 
methods  and  apparatus,  aided  by  the  best  skilled  labor,  enable  them  to 
accomplish  better  work  in  less  time  and  at  less  cost  than  that  heretofore 
done.  Their  waterproofing  process  gives  the  walls  a  firm,  hard  and  thor- 
oughly waterproof  surface,  thus  effectually  preventing  the  entrance  of  rain 
or  damp;  the  ab.sorbing  of  the  impurities  and  destructive  acids  contained 
in  the  rain-w.ater  of  towns;  the  stains  caused  by  the  wa.shing  down  of 
stone  trimmings:  the  growth  of  green  vegetable  matter  on  exposed  surfaces: 
the  disintegration  and  scaling  away  of  stone,  brick,  etc.,  and  the  efflor- 
escence of  salts.  Never  in  the  history  of  Hie  business  has  Hiis  luocess 
been  in  such  great  demand  as  now.  The  firm  have  just  comiileted  work  on 
the  Manhattan  Hotel.  Carnegie  ISFusic  Hall,  the  New  York  Club  building, 
this  city,  and  are  now  at  work  on  F.  S.  Kenney's  residence  at  Nairagan- 
sett,  R.  I.:  a  large  new  building  on  K^th  Street,  between  Broadway 
and  University  Place,  this  city,  and  several  fine  residences.  The  Green- 
wood Cemetery  Company  of  Brooklyn,  after  a  ten  years'  test,  have  given 
the  firm  all  their  work  for  cleaning,  restoring  and  preserving  their  monu- 
ments, etc.  The  Obelisk  in  Central  Park,  New  York,  was  treated  with 
Hie  waterproofing  process  by  R.  M.  Caffall,  assisted  by  his  sons,  in  ISS."). 
The  result  of  the  past  ten  years'  most  satisfactory  tests  confirms  the  con- 
clusions of  the  Obelisk  committee  in  their  report  to  the  park  commission- 
ers, May  21.  1890.  which  was:  "  Your  committee  is  of  the  opinion  that  the 
present  condition  of  Hie  Obelisk  may  be  maintained  indefinitely  in  its 
present  location  wiUiout  anxiety  as  to  its  i>ernianeut  preservation." 
Orders  by  telephone,  "  1742-18th"  receive  immediate  personal  attention, 
and  circulars  are  mailed  free. 


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«4i  WEW   YORK- t  S3©.  » 


HIliAM  SNYDKi;  &(•().,  liosendale.    Hydraulic  and  Portland  Ce- 
ments, Xo.  229  liroadway. — The  cvei-increasinj;'  inaf>iiitude  of 
liiiildini;  operations  tliiouyh  the  United  States  has  created  an 
active  demand  for  the  highest  ^r-ide  of  cement,  which  is  con- 
sumed in  enormous  quantities.    A  k'a<lin>>  house  eni;a,ued  in  this  branch 
of  trade  in  the  metropolis  is  that  of  Messis.  Iliram  Sydner  &  Co.,  who  aie 

d  c  s  e  r  v  c  il  1  y   

p  r  o  m  i  nent  as 
manufactiirer.s ' 
agents  an  il 
wholesale  deal- 
ers in  Ko  s  e  n- 
dale,  Hydraulic 
and  Portland 
cements,  and  es- 
tablished their 
bus  iness  here 
in  18'J).  The 
manage  raent 
brings  to  bear 
all  the  advan- 
tages derived 
from  long  years 
of  itlentitication 
with  this  line  of 
trade.  tiMiether 
with  perfected 
facilities,  intlii- 
ential  connec- 
tions, and  a 
thorough  know- 
ledge  of  the 
wants  of  buyers 
in  all  the  differ- 
ent sections  of 
the  c  o  u  II  try. 
They  are  exclu- 
sive agents  for 

Mr.  William  T.  Van  Tassell,  of  Lawrenceville,  Ulster  County,  Xew  York; 
D.  A.  Barnhart,  of  High  Falls,  Ulster  County,  New  York,  and  the  Estate 
of  .James  H.  Van  Dernark,  of  High  Falls,  and  sell  the  entire  oroduct  of 
their  works,  which  includes  the  brands  XXX,  Lawrenceville,  Electric, 
High  Falls  and  High  Rock,  in  Rosendale  cements.  They  are  also  agents  for 
the  Alpha  Portland  Cement  Company,  of  Whitaker,  New  Jersey.  They 


Ilii:.\M  Snvdek. 


sliij)  by  water  and  rail  direct  from  the  works  to  dealers  and  contractors 
throughout  New  York,  New  .Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  New  England  and  other 
parts  of  the  United  States,  and  the  cements  handled  by  them  are  now  spec- 
ified by  leading  architects  and  engineers  all  over  the  country.  These  ce- 
ments can  be  used  with  safety  in  all  submarine  operations,  buildings  an<l 
engineering  works  where  great  strength  and  rock-like  solidity  are  neces- 
sary. The  economy  of  liosendale  cenient  has  been  successfully  demon- 
strated and  the  capacity  of  the  works  controlled  by  this  firm  admits  of  the 
production  of  ;j.")0,000  liarrels  per  year.  Orders  by  telephone,  "  24IS  Cort- 
landt,''  by  telegraph  or  by  mail,  receive  prompt  and  perfect  fullillnient  in 
all  cases.  Mr.  lliiani  Snyder  has  been  in  the  cement  trade  for  a  period  of 
thirty-five  years.  He  was  the  founder  of  the  New  York  and  Rosendale 
Cement  Company,  twenty-three  years  ago,  and  its  secretary,  treasurer,  and 
general  manager  up  to  18!)1,  when  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  W.  H. 
Hendrickson  under  the  present  name.  Mr.  Snyder  was  born  in  Rosendale, 
Ulster  County,  New  York,  and  now  resides  in  Brooklyn.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  New  York  Building  Material  Exchange,  which  organization  he  has 
served  as  j)iesident  for  two  successive  terms,  an  honor  never  before  ac- 
corded any  one,  and  refusing  a  third  term  was  then  elected  treasurer, 
which  position  he  has  ever  since  filled.  He  is  also  an  honored  member  of 
the  Building  Trades  Club,  the  F.  and  A.  M.,  32d  degree,  and  Mystic  Shrine, 
and  an  exjiert  authority  in  his  business. 


BWERTHEIM  &  SON,  Dealers  in  Hides,  Calf  and  Sheep  Skins,  No. 
nil  Gold  Street,  near  Frankfort. — This  house  was  founded  over 
^  thirty  years  ago  by  Mr.  B.  Wertlieim,  still  the  head  of  the  house, 
than  whom  there  is  no  better  judge  of  hides  and  skins  in  the 
United  States,  as  is  well  known  to  his  many  customers  who  have  been 
accustomed  for  years  to  place  implicit  reliance  upon  his  judgment.  His 
son  and  partner,  Mr.  S.  Wertheim,  is  a  young  man  of  business  ability  and 
energy,  who  gained  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  trade  under  the  skillful 
and  efficient  guidance  of  his  father.  Since  his  admission  to  the  firm  he 
has  shown  a  natural  capacity  for  business  and  a  familiarity  with  all  the 
minute  dealings  and  points  which  is  as  creditable  to  his  instructor  as  it  is 
to  his  own  natural  capacity.  The  house  does  a  general  business  in  hides, 
calf  and  sheep  skins,  and  its  trade  extends  all  over  the  United  States. 
They  are  large  importers  and  also  do  an  extensive  export  trade  which  is 
steadily  growing  despite  the  disadvantages  under  which  the  American 
expoi  ter  labors.  The  experience  of  this  house  has  been  that  first-class 
goods,  exactly  meeting  the  demands  of  the  trade,  will  always  find  a  ready 
market  if  offered  at  a  reasonable  price.  This  has  been  the  lesson  of  their 
export  trade  and  the  same  also  applies  to  the  large  and  constantly  growing 
business  which  they  have  established  all  over  the  United  States. 


4t  NEW  YORK-f896. 


73 


LAIDLAW  &  MACDOXALU.  Fire  Proofing  Mackite,  (Mac-ite)  Plaster 
Boards,  Ceilings.  Two-Inch  Fire-proof  Partitions,  Etc.,  No.  81  Pine 
Street  and  No.  12S  Water  Street. — The  advance  made  in  architect- 
ural circles  as  an  aid  to  the  practical  bnilder  of  recent  years  is  very 
noticeable,  and  highly  creditable  to  the  inventive  ability  of  Americans, 
and  in  this  branch  of  skilled  indnstry  onr  city  is  ably  represented  by  lead- 
ing corporations  and  manufacturers.  Prominent  among  the  number  is  the 
firm  of  Messrs.  Laidlaw  &  ilacdonald,  who  make  a  specialty  of  fire-proof- 
ing, and  supply  Mac-ite  plaster  boards,  ceilings  and  two-inch  fire-proof 
partitions,  etc..  fire-proof  building  insulations,  and  elevator  and  dumb- 
waiter shafts.  They  established  their  business  here  in  and  occupy 
eligible  office  quarters  as  above.  They  are  contractors  for  supplying  and 
erecting  the  materials  named  in  tliis  city  and  vicinity,  and  have  supplied 
among  others  the  Faliys  Building,  the  Diamond  Exchange  Building,  the 
Siegel-Cooper  Company  new  building.  Stokes  Building.  Sheldon  Building. 
Aston  Building.  Mail  and  Express  Building,  Carnegie  Music  Hall.  Hearn's 
Hotel  and  Stevens  Building  in  this  city;  also  Kings  County  Hospital, 
Brooklyn:  Centeiniial  National  Bank.  Union  League.  Hanover  Hotel.  Led- 
ger Building,  Hayes  Mechanics'  Home,  and  Schmidt  Brewery.  Philadel- 
phia; and  in  Washington,  Baltimore,  Wilmington,  and  elsewhere.  The 
adaptability  of  these  products  to  the  largest  buildings,  and  their  thor- 
oughly fire-proof  qualities  have  been  amply  proved,  and  in  every  instance 
where  the  firm  have  filled  orders  and  contracts  the  most  unbounded  satis- 
faction has  been  expressed.  The  co-partners,  Messrs.  H.  B.  Laidlaw,  Sec- 
ond, and  R.  G.  Macdonald,  were  formerly  with  the  Mac-ite  Fire-Proof  Con- 
struction Company,  and  have  a  foundation  understanding  of  all  the  wants 
of  customeis,  and  are  eminently  successful  in  meeting  their  every  demand. 

JAMES  &  HOLMSTROM.  Manufacturers  of  Grand.  Square  and  Up- 
right Pianos,  Xo.  231  and  233  East  21st  Street.— This  firm  estab- 
lished business  here  twenty  years  ago.  and  their  house  has  always 
stood  upon  a  solid  basis,  and  their  instruments  have  ever  borne  an 
unimpeachable  reputation.  Their  pianos  are  likewise  noted  for  merits 
peculiar  to  themselves.  Their  patent  transposing  keyboard  is  a  most  im- 
portant and  useful  improvement,  by  means  of  which  a  piece  of  music  can 
be  played  in  seven  different  keys  by  moving  the  keyboard  to  any  desired 
pitch.  The  contrivance  is  exceedingly  simple,  and  any  child  can  use  it. 
There  is  nothing  about  it  that  can  get  out  of  order,  as  only  the  keys  are 
movable,  the  hammers  always  striking  the  strings  as  in  the  ordinary 
pianos.  By  simply  turning  the  regulator  the  piano  can  be  raised  or  low- 
ered in  tone  at  will.  It  is  endorsed  by  the  most  eminent  artists  and 
teachers  of  the  day.  This  firm  also  lead  in  the  intioducticm  of  the  upright 
piano,  to  which  they  have  devoted  years  of  experience  in  securing  perfec- 
tion, and  their  uprights  are  now  noted  for  their  extremely  light  and 
elastic  touch,  repeating  power,  full  and  bright  quality  as  well  as  purity  of 
tone,  and  great  length  of  time  that  the  instrument  will  remain  in  tune. 


There  is  absolutely  no  break  in  the  tone  at  the  overstriugs,  an  important 
quality  not  often  found  in  an  upright  piano.  This  piano  was  awarded  the 
gold  medal  and  first  degree  of  merit  at  the  New  Orleans  Exposition  in 
1885  and  ISSG,  "  for  perfection  of  tone,  lightness  of  action,  and  general 
perfection  of  workmanship."  The  American  Institute  bestowed  the 
medal  of  superiority  on  the  patent  transposing  keyboard  piano  in  1801,  as 
■•  the  newest  and  most  important  invention  that  has  been  introduced 
to  the  i)ublic  for  many  years."  'J'he  pianos  of  this  house  are  in  great  and 
growing  demand  all  over  the  United  States,  and  are  exported  to  many  for- 
eign countries.  Illustrated  catalogues  mailed  free.  The  copartners  are 
Messrs.  Amos  C.  .James,  who  has  been  in  business  since  1855.  and  in  this 
line  since  boyhood,  and  Anders  Holmstiom. 

GEORGE  W.  CHURCH.  Importer  and  Jobber  in  Metals.  Tools  and 
Sui>plies,  Xo.  109  Fulton  Street.— The  gentleman  whose  name 
heads  this  sketch  has  been  connected  with  this  line  of  business 
for  some  thirty-one  years,  and  sustains  a  high  reputation  in 
commercial  circles.    He  was  with  the  house  of  Peter  A.  Frasse  for  eleven 
years,  and  later  with  Jas.  M.  Montgomery  for  five  years,  and  after  the 
death  of  the  latter,  became  the  only  active  memlier  of  the  firm  of  Mont- 
gomery &  Co.  for  ten  years.  He 
was  senior  partner  of  Church  & 
^^^^fi^^w^  Sleight  from  May.  1891,  to  ,Ianu- 

^^^^S^  ary,  1890,  when   he  succeeded 

^f^K&^  ^^^^^^         that  firm,  and  has  since  carried 

^IJHfck^  j^^^^^    on  the  business  alone  with  unin. 

^^^^fc^^  ^ffS^Sf^^     teriuitted  success.    Mr.  Church 

is   importer  of  and    jobber  in 
^'figM^S^  metals,  tools  and  supplies  for 

^^^^  engineers,  machinists,  electri- 

cians, jewelers,  silve  r  s  m  i  t  li  s, 
nickel-platers,  watch-case  makers,  engravers,  die-sinkers,  etc.,  and  his 
annual  sales  reach  a  handsome  figure.  The  premises  occupied  are  sjiacious 
and  commodious  and  are  well  eipiipped  in  all  departments.  The  office  has 
telephone  connection,  call  "2344  Cortlandt."  and  several  clerks  and  sales- 
men are  employed  in  the  establishment  and  on  the  ro.ad.  Mr.  Church 
keeps  on  hand  always  a  very  large  and  complete  stock,  which  includes 
Swiss  flies,  P.  S.  Stub's  files.  Addis's  carving  tools,  twist  drills,  taps,  dies 
and  machine  screws,  Cliesternian's  tapes  and  rules,  Hubert's  French 
emery  paper.  Kearney  iS-  Foot's  files,  steel  and  other  metals,  jiincers,  nip- 
pers, mechanics'  tools  in  great  variety,  and  a  multifarious  collection  of  me- 
chanical specialties.  He  sells  to  dealers  and  users,  and  is  prepared  to 
quote  lowest  jirices  on  all  goods.  He  can  supply  the  trade  and  public  at 
the  most  favorable  rates,  and  all  orders  by  mail,  telephone  or  otherwise 
■will  receive  prompt  and  personal  attention. 


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<«f  NEW  YORK- f  896. 


SECOXD  XATIOXAL  BANK  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  No. 
i;»0  Fittli  Avenue,  Corner  2ocl  Street. — There  are  in  the  island  of 
Manhattan  now  lifty  national  bank.s  whose  combined  capital 
amounts  to  the  enormous  sum  of  $50,000,000.  These  are  institutions 
with  resources  more  than  sufficient  to  meet  any  possible  contingency,  and 
whose  stability  has  been  amply  attested.  Amon<;  the  number  can  be  men- 
tioned the  Second  National  15ank,  which  has  a  splendid  record.  It  is  one 
of  the  soundest  and  stroni;est  in  tiie  city,  and  has  had  a  successful  career. 
It  is  conducted  on  strict  and  conservative  business  principles,  and  all  its 
operations  are  characterized  by  sagacity,  energy  and  ability.  The  history 
of  this  flourishing  institution  covers  a  period  of  thirty-two  years.  From 
the  start  the  "Second  National"  has  been  eminently  successful,  passing 
through  panics  and  times  of  financial  stringency  with  confidence  unshaken 
and  usefulness  unimpaired.  It  was  incorporated  and  commenced  business 
in  1S().;,  and  re-organized  in  1SS2.  It  has  a  paid  in  capital  of  .'r;o()0,01IO,  and 
a  surplus  of  over  S(iOO,00O,  and  has  O.TOO  separate  deposits — the  largest 
number  of  any  national  bank  in  New  York.  A  more  representative  body 
of  citizens  than  its  officers  and  directors  it  would  not  be  easy  to  find. 
Chas.  B.  Fosdick  is  president,  and  .Joseph  S.  Case,  cashier,  and  the  direc- 
tors are:  Henry  A.  Hurlbut,  Alfred  B.  Darling,  John  L.  Riker,  Welcome  (i. 
Hitchcock,  William  C.  Brewster,  William  P.  St.  John,  Charles  B.  Fosdick, 
George  Sherman,  John  W.  Aitken,  John  Jacob  Astor,  John  Sloane.  The 
following  figures  are  taken  from  rejjort  dated  July  14,  189(i:  Resources: 
loans  and  discounts,  $•"), 1:^2,071.14;  overdrafts,  secured  and  unsecured, 
§1,896.21;  United  States  bonds  to  secure  circulation,  $50,000.00;  stocks, 
securities,  etc.,  .$107,494.00;  due  from  national  banks,  not  reserve  agents, 
.§138,031. ;i8;  due  from  state  banks  and  bankers,  $6,109.58;  checks  and  other 
cash  items,  $61,803.87;  exchanges  for  clearing  house,  $191, .580.19;  notes 
of  other  National  banks,  .$81,492.00;  fractional  paper  currency,  nickels 
and  cents,  $915.01 ;  lawful  money  reserve  in  bank,  viz:  specie,  $977,304.00; 
legal  tender  notes,  $277,447.00;  United  States  certificates  of  deposit  for 
legal  tenders,  $.500,000.00;  redemption  fund  with  United  States  treasurer 
(5  per  cent,  of  circulation)  $2,250.00;  due  from  United  States  treasurer 
other  than  5  per  cent,  redemption  fund,  $500.00;  total,  .$7, 529.-544. 38.  Lia- 
bilities: Capital  stock  paid  in,  $.300,000.00;  surplus  fund.  $600,000.00;  un- 
divided profits,  less  expen.ses  and  taxes  paid,  $57,<')48.70:  National  bank 
notes  outstanding,  $:39,:i60.00;  dividends  unpaid,  $.50.00;  individual  deposits 
subject  to  check,  $0,448,001.36;  demand  certificates  of  deposit.  .$;?8.820.05 ; 
certified  checks,  .$43,.508,93;  cashier's  checks  outstanding,  $2,095.:!4;  total, 
$7,,529,.544.38.  The  bank  offices  are  spacious  and  handsomely  fitted  up,  and 
are  e(iuipped  in  the  most  superior  manner.  A  general  banking  business  is 
transacted,  in  addition  to  loans,  di.scounts  and  deposits.  Jlercantile,  per- 
sonal an<l  family  accounts  are  invited,  and  every  accommodation  connected 
with  legitimate  operations  is  afforded  to  customers.  Domestic  and  foreign 
(rollections  are  promptly  made  and  orders  are  executed  for  the  buying  or 
selling  of  investment  securities.  Letters  of  credit  are  olitained  and  guar- 
anteed, also  F;uroi)eaii  and  other  drafts. 


CHARLES  C.  CLAUSEN.  Maltster,  Avenue  A.,  71st  and  72n(l 
Streets. — In  describing  the  industrial  advantages  of  the  metrojv 
olis.  it  must  not  be  forgotten  that  they  arise  to  a  large  extent 
fi'om  its  splendid  geographical  position,  as  well  as  its  magnificent 
water  and  railroad  facilities,  wbicli  place  the  city  in  direct  coniniunication 
with  the  finest  grain-growing  districts  in  the  country.  These  considera- 
tions have  exerted  a  vital  infiuence  in  promoting  the  manufacture  of  malt, 
which  is  carried  on  here  upon  an  extensive  scale.  A  recognized  leader  in 
the  industry  is  Mr.  Charles  (j.  Clausen,  whose  enterprise  was  inaugurated 
here  in  1885.  There  are  ten  malting  fioors,  with  a-  malting  capacity  of 
500,000  bushels,  while  the  plant  is  splendidly  equijjped  with  the  best  machin- 
ery, elevators  and  a])i)liances,  ample  steam  ])ower,  and  has  a  storage  capac- 
ity of  000.000  bushels  of  grain.  The  barley  used  by  Mr.  Clausen  is  the  best 
grown  in  America,  and  is  carefully  selected  and  prepared  witli  an  accuracy 
and  judgment  that  always  insures  uniform  results.  The  ma'.t  of  this  re- 
sponsible house  is  therefore  recognized  wherever  used  as  absolutely  un- 
rivaled for  (piality,  strength  and  uniform  excellence,  and  as  having  no 
superiors  in  the  American  or  Fairoi)ean''markets.  The  exigencies  of  the 
business  require  the  services  of  some  fifty  hands,  and  the  demands  of 
brewers  are  met  with  promptness  and  satisfaction  in  all  cases.  Mr.  Clausen 
is  a  native  of  New  York,  and  was  for  years  a  brewer  in  this  city.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  National  Brewers'  and  Maltsters'  Association,  the  New  Yoi  k 
Brewers'  and  Maltsters'  Association,  the  niaennerchor  and  Arion  .Singing 
Societies,  and  a  prominent,  progressive  and  pojjular  business  man. 

CRESSON  &  CLEARFIELD  COAL  AND  COKE  COxMPANY,  C.  J. 
Wittenberg,  General  Sales  Agent,  No.  1  Broadway. — This  com- 
pany, whose  mines  are  at  Frugality,  Pennsylvania,  with  selling 
office  as  above,  is  one  of  the  most  ably  conducted  concerns  of  the 
kind  in  the  State.  It  has  been  in  successful  operation  for  a  jieriod  of 
twelve  years,  and  its  mines  are  located  in  the  celebrated  Clearfield  district  , 
on  one  of  the  most  valuable  coal  properties  in  Pennsylvania.  The  mines 
have  been  developed  in  the  most  approved  and  systematic  manner,  and 
now  have  an  annual  output  of  over  a  million  tons.  Located  on  the  line  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  there  are  excellent  transportation  facilities  to 
all  points,  with  shipping  facilities  at  Philadelphia  and  South  Amboy.  The 
quality  of  the  brands  mined  and  shipped  by  this  company  is  excelled  by 
none  and  equalled  by  few,  while  no  fuel  i)roves  more  satisfactory  in  use, 
or  more  economically  sustains  the  processes  of  combustion.  Mr,  C.  J. 
Wittenberg,  the  general  sales  agent  in  New  York,  has  been  in  charge  here 
since  1887.  He  sui)plies  dealers,  railroads  and  steamship  comi)anies  by 
car  and  cargo  lots,  in  quantities  to  suit,  at  short  notice  and  on  the  mosl 
liberal  terms.  The  trade  from  here  extends  throughout  New  York.  New 
Jersey  and  New  England,  and  is  large,  lirst-class  and  constantly  increasing. 
Mr.  Wittenberg  is  a  native  New  Yorker,  and  a  worthy  exponent  of  the 
great  coal  trade  centied  here. 


•H  NEW   YORK- 1836- 


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HUDSON  in.ASTEi;i30AI!I)  COMI'AXV,  IJaker  Patent  I'lasterhoai.l 
and    Fircinoofiiig,  No.  I.jO  Fulton  !Street. — This  company  was 
oiijanizc'il  under  tlie  laws  of  New  Jersey,  in  J895,  to  eni;ase  upon 
an  extensive  scale  in  the  inanufactur^  of  Baker's  Improved  I'las- 
terlioard.    Large  works  were  estahlislied  at  Harrison.  New  Jersey,  while 
the  main  offices  have  l)een  permanently  located  in  this  city.    The  officers 


are  as  follows:  H.  C.  Koome,  president;  \V.  G.  Uoome,  treasurer,  anil 
Charles  Fyfe,  secretary  and  general  manager.  These  gentlemen  hring  to 
hear  special  qualifications  for  tlie  carrying  on  of  this  new  hranch  of  indus- 
try, and  the  hest  proof  of  tliis  is  shown  in  their  successfnlly  overcoming 
all  the  obstiicles  to  securing  a  perfect  hoard  for  plastering  purposes. 
Their  various  patents  cover  their  new  method  of  fastening  the  boards  by 
patent  coupling  strips  ready  to  receive  the  finishing  coat.  The  use  of 
these  ingenious  devices  render  the  walls  and  ceiling  practically  one  piece, 
and  with  no  possibility  of  the  plastering  cracking  or  f.alling  off.  Baker's 
plasterhoards  are  manufactured  in  sizes  of  six  or  nine  square  feet,  tliree- 
quarters  of  an  inch  in  thickness,  and  are  the  equivalent  of  the  latli  and  two 


coats  of  mortar  thoroughly  dried,  and  all  ready  for  the  linisliing  or  third 
coat.  The  saving  of  valuable  time  is  thus  enormous,  while  there  is  no  go- 
ing back  over  the  walls  and  ceilings  to  i)atch  uj).  but  the  result  of  using 
the  board  is  seen  in  a  magnificent,  clear,  smooth,  even  surface  t<i 
walls  and  ceilings.  It  makes  a  fine  vermin-proof  surface:  is  a  non- 
conductor of  heat  and  cold,  and,  besides  preventing  the  costly  delays  ever 
incident  to  old  style  ])lastering,  the  j)lasterboard  is  much  cheajx'r.  The 
comi)any's  materials  are  just  the  thing  to  comply  with  the  new  tenement 
house  law  as  to  fireprooting.  They  are  just  now  jinttiug  on  tlie  market 
their  patent  plasterboard  and  liieproofing  l)ars,  which  is  a  new  process  of 
fireprooting,  and  has  been  recognized  by  the  Board  of  Building  Commis- 
sioneis  of  this  city.  In  application  it  is  easy,  consisting  of  a  simple 
method  of  covering  the  studs  and  beams  of  a  wall  with  a  sheathing  of  their 
lireprooting,  together  with  a  combination  of  cross  divisions  between  the 
studs  or  beams,  thus  destroying  the  flue  whicli  exists  in  the  old  nietliod  of 
construction,  and  giving  no  food  for  the  flames  to  act  upon,  or  no  draught 
to  accelerate  their  progress.  In  application  it  is  simple,  besides  being  only 
one-seventli  of  the  weight  of  the  mateiial  now  generally  used.  It  can  be 
attaclied  to  the  structure  with  ordinary  nails,  and  refjnires  no  mortar  or 
masons  to  place  in  position,  while  the  jnice  is  less  to  a  builder  by  one-half 
than  the  present  material,  and  the  cost  of  the  building  is  reduced  by  40%. 
From  thirty  to  fifty  hands  are  employed  at  the  works,  and  the  plasterboard 
is  coming  rajiidly  into  general  use.  Among  prominent  stiuctures  into 
which  it  has  been  intioduced,  we  may  mention  Ilammerstein's  Olympia 
Theatre,  the  finest  building  of  the  kind  in  the  world;  the  Brooklyn  Music 
Hall;  Imperial  Music  Hall;  and  over  one  hundred  new  buildings  in  the 
upper  part  of  New  York  city.  Tliey  refer  to  the  following  prominent 
builders,  who  are  constantly  using  these  materials: — L.  &  J.  Brandt,  Fran- 
cis .Schnugg,  Schloss  ct  (iorsch,  Henry  liothschild,  Tlieo.  A.  Codler,  J.  J. 
McCaffrey,  Allan  &  Prosky,  (i.  W.  C.  MacLaughlin.  Fillopo  Carrice  and 
Peel  Brothers. 

GBEEN  KID(iE  IKON  WOP.KS,  A.  L.  .Spenser.  Proprietor,  Scranton, 
Pa.;  P.  Wesley  Biown,  New  York  liepresentative.  No.  .3;j  Wall 
Street. — This  gentleman  is  deservedly  prominent  as  agent  for  tlie 
Green  Ridge  lion  Works,  of  Scranton,  Pa.,  and  established  liis 
agency  here  in  1893.  The  above  works  are  widely  noted  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  railroad  spikes,  refined  bar  iron,  mine  spikes,  strap  rails,  twenty- 
five  pound  iron  T  rails,  car  axles,  forgings  and  contractors'  iron  work. 
These  products  are  supplied  by  Mr.  Brown  to  supply  houses,  railroad  com- 
panies, and  users  generally  throughout  the  Eastern  States,  at  short  notice, 
and  upon  the  most  favorable  terms.  Mr.  Brown  brings  to  bear  large  practi- 
cal experience  in  tlie  iron  trade,  and  has  established  influential  connections 
with  manufacturers,  dealers  and  consumers  in  the  great  Eastern  centres  of 
trade,  and  has  developed  a  most  important  commercial  interest.    He  was 


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formerly  ijeneral  agent  of  the  New  York  &  Hudson  Steamboat  Company, 
and  is  a  young  n)an  of  tried  ability,  wide  acquaintance  and  sterling  ])er- 
sonal  worth. 


H 


IITKL.  TILLAIM)  ct  KFNK,  Manufacturers  of  Boys'  and  Chil- 
dren's Clothing,  No.  I.s  Waverly  Place. — A  foremost  rejtresenta- 
tive  house  engaged  in  the  i)roduction  of  superior  clothing  for 
boys'  and  children's  wear  in  this  city,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Hippie, 


Tillard  it  liunk.  This  house  was 
founded  eighteen  years  ago  by  Mr. 
Jacob  Hii)pel,  and  twelve  years  ago 
he  admitted  to  partnership  Mr. 
John  W.  Tillard,  the  present  firm 
being  formed  two  years  later. 
Messrs.  Hippel,  Tillard  and  Kunk 
are  all  experienced  clothiers,  and 
their  clothing  for  boys'  and  chil- 
dren's wear  has  long  been  recog- 
nized as  unexcelled.  The  prem- 
ises occupied  consist  of  a  six- 
story  building,  30  x  100  feet  in 
dimensions,  which  is  excel- 
lently equipped  in  all  its  depart- 
ments. A  strong  force  of  hands 
is  employed,  and  the  clothing  of 
fashionable  cut  and  stylish  ma- 
terial made  by  this  enterprising 
firm  is  noted  for  general  excel- 
leuce,  and  maintained  at  the  high- 
est standard,  while  of  its  super- 
iority no  more  unfailing  criterion 
could  be  adduced  than  the  reputa- 
tion of  the  firm  and  the  sale  their 
clothing  commands  throughout 
the  entire  country.  The  stock  car- 
ried is  very  large,  a  sjiecialty 
being  made  of  fine  and  fancy  suits 
and  over-garments,  and  the  trade 
is  supplied  promptly  upon  the 
most  favorable  terms.  Messrs. 
Hippel,  Tillard  &  Runk  are  pro- 
gressive, enterprising  merchants, 
and  in  all  transactions  they  aim 
to  meet  the  needs  of  jjations  in 
the  most  satisfactory  manner 


t  896.  W 


PIIOGRESS  KNITTING  MILLS,  Manufacturers  of  Athletic  Sweaters, 
Cardigan  Jackets,  Men's  Stockinet  Coats,  Etc.,  Nos.  159  and  161 
Greene  Street. — The  most  ])rominent  representative  of  this  trade 
in  New  York  ^  the  establishment  of  the  Progress  Knitting  Mills,  of 
which  Messrs.  Levy  and  Wertheimer  are  the  proprietors,  .and  whose  head- 
quarters comprise  three  floors,  at  the  address  above,  and  a  bianch  house 

at  Nos.  233  and  2'-->'>  Jackson 
Street,  Chicago.  This  business 
was  established  in  1888.  Both 
gentlemen  are  residents  of  New 
York  and  fully  identified  with 
the  city's  industrial  and  com- 
mercial interests,  which  they 
have  so  materially  aided  in  de- 
veloping. They  have  built  up 
a  very  extensive  trade,  their 
operations  now  reaching  all 
over  the  United  States,  and  a 
number  of  traveling  salesmen 
represent  them  on  the  road.  The  firm's  factories  are  equipped  with  a  large 
number  of  knitting  and  other  machinery,  and  employment  is  found  for  a 
large  force  of  experienced  operatives.  Only  the  best  materials  enter  into 
their  production,  and  both  wooleu  and  cotton  goods  are  turned  out,  and 
the  iH'rfected  facilities  of  the  house  and  the  magnitude  of  their  operation 
enable  them  to  quote  prices  which  challenge  successful  competition. 

CHAS.  WILDERMANN,  Publisher  and  Importer,  No.  11  Barclay 
Street. — This  gentleman  established  bis  business  here  in  1883.  and 
his  honorable  and  liberal  policy  has  won  him  many  friends,  and 
has  made  the  leading  wholesale  dealers  his  customers.  He  makes 
a  sjiecialty  of  Catholic  goods,  including  books,  pictures,  engravings,  jKiint- 
ings,  scapulars,  rosaries,  crucifixes,  etc.:  and  is  especially  successful  in 
furnishing  the  large  dealers  with  religious  books  in  imported  and  expen- 
sive bindings.  He  brings  a  large  practical  expei-ience  of  twenty  years  to 
bear,  coui)led  with  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the  wants  of  both  clergy  and 
laity,  while  his  infiuential  connections  across  the  water  place  him  en  rap- 
port with  all  the  great  publishing  houses  and  binderies,  and  enable  him  to 
pi  omptly  fill  the  largest  orders  at  the  lowest  current  rates.  In  Catholic 
devotional  books  he  has  constantly  upon  his  shelves  comjilete  sets  of  the 
best  works  and  editions.  Many  are  in  elegant  bindings,  rendering  them 
highly  ornamental.  Mr.  Wildermann  is  a  gentleman  of  broad  culture  and 
wide  observation,  conversant  with  every  department  of  foreign  literature, 
and  has  achieved  an  enviable  record  as  one  of  the  leading  importers  and 
publishers  iu  his  line  in  America. 


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RECONSTRUCTED  GRAXITE  COMPANY,  No,  U  Dey  Street.— 
Notable  in  its  way  ainon<;  the  many  notevvoitliy  industrial  enter- 
jjrises  whiuli  have  had  inception  in  New  York  within  a  recent 
period  is  the  Reconstructed  Granite  Company.  It  is  a  large  cor- 
poration, and,  though  but  a  comparatively  short  time  in  existence,  is 
already  widely  known  in  building  circles.  This  concern  was  incorporated 
in  18!t6,  and  has  a  capital  of  SIOO.OOO.  William  Courtenay,  who  is  also 
president  and  general  manager  of  the  Vulcanized  Fibre  Company,  is  its 
president,  and  George  L.  Courtenay  is  secretary  and  treasurer.  They  are 
now  engaged  extensively  in  the  production  of  au  article  which  is  a  distinct 
triumph  of  science  and  skill,  and  which,  owing  to  its  various  meritorious 
features,  is  receiving  the  highest  commendation  from  architects  and 
builders.  The  product  is,  in  fact,  of  such  exceptional  excellence  that  it  is 
without  an  equal  for  the  purposes  intended,  while  it  possesses  in  addition 
the  very  important  element  of  cheapness.  The  Reconstructed  Granite 
Company  operates  under  Letters  Patent  of  the  United  States  No.  4.50,1)87, 
dated  April  21st,  189.5,  and  is  formed  for  the  manufacture  of  '•  Kecou- 
structed  (iranite."'  The  principle  employed  in  manufacturing  the  material 
is  a  new  method  of  working  natural  granites  and  prei)aring  them  for 
architectural  and  ornamental  use,  based  upon  the  processes  of  nature,  and 
therefore,  bound  to  be  correct.  It  consists  in  pulverizing  selected  natural 
granite,  free  from  metallic  oxide  and  other  deleterious  substances,  and 
reforming  it  by  the  admixture  of  suitable  fluxes  under  heavy  pressure  and 
subjecting  it  to  intense  and  long-continued  heat,  whereby  the  wliole  mass 
is  thoroughly  fused  together,  and  becomes  a  solid,  homogeneous  body, 
possessing  all  the  appearance  and  the  properties  of  the  natural  granite, 
but  fully  fifty  per  cent,  stronger,  and  entirely  unaffected  by  heat  or  moist- 
ure. As  compared  with  cut  granite  prepared  by  old  method,  while  it  is 
infinitely  superior  to  the  natural  stone  in  appearance,  strength  and  fire- 
proof qualities,  it  can  be  supplied  at  one-fifth  the  price.  Reconstructed 
Granite"  can  be  molded  into  any  of  the  forms  in  which  terra  cotta  is 
made,  and  furnished  to  architects  and  builders  at  the  same  price  It  is 
adapted  to  both  interior  and  exterior  work,  and  if  desired  can  be  given  a 
transparent  glaze,  (without  crackling),  bringing  out  the  rich  colors  of  the 
natural  stone,  and  producing  a  soft  and  beautiful  effect.  All  the  most 
delicate  line.=  of  plaster  casts  can  be  exactly  reproduced  in  an  imperishable 
material,  or  bas-reliefs  to  the  depth  of  three  or  four  inches.  The  whole 
interior  of  large  fire-proof  buildings  can  be  constructed  of  it,  in  bricks, 
blocks,  panels,  corbels,  arches,  cornices,  etc.,  from  architects'  drawings; 
while  the  interior  can  be  furnished  with  elaborate  mantels,  hearths, 
dados,  floors,  etc.,  either  with  the  natural  granite  surface,  or  glazed,  as  de- 
sired. This  is  an  especially  desirable  material  for  cities  or  places  where 
there  is  much  coal  smoke,  as  it  is  not  affected  by  acids,  and  is  readily 
cleansed  by  the  rain  or  a  jet  of  water  thrown  from  a  hose.    The  Recon- 


structed Granite  ComjKiny  manufacture  this  article  at  Perkiomen,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  intend  to  start  other  ))lants,  and  will  be  pleased  to  furnish 
fuller  information  to  parties  interested  upon  aj)i)lication  at  its  office. 

EUGENE  P.  CHAPEL.  Wholesale  Dealer  in  Lumber,  No.  2.53  Broad- 
way.— This  alert  and  enterprising  gentleman,  by  rei)resenting  the 
largest  and  most  progressive  mills,  where  the  industiy  is  pursued 
under  the  most  favorable  conditions,  and  by  the  use  of  plants 
minimizing  the  cost  of  labor,  is  able  to  (juote  prices  that  cannot  fail  to  at- 
tract business.  This,  indeed,  he  has  done  in  the  trade  which  he  has  built 
up  with  large  buyers  all  through  New  York,  New  England,  and  as  far  west 
as  the  state  of  Michigan.  Mr.  Chapel  deals  at  wholesale  in  all  kinds  of  soft 
woods,  such  as  pine,  yellow  pojilar,  etc.:  also  shingles  and  posts,  while 
making  a  leading  specialty  of  graded  white  pine.  He  established  his  busi- 
ness here  in  November,  189.5,  bringing  to  bear  a  thorough  knowledge  of  all 
the  details  of  the  lumber  industry.  Mr.  Chapel  is  especially  prominent  in 
the  white  pine  trade  at  .Saginaw,  Mich.,  and  in  this  special  branch  of  the 
lumber  trade  he  is  recognized  as  an  authority.  He  ships  by  cargo  or  car 
lots  direct  from  the  mills,  and  is  in  a  position  to  guarantee  the  prompt  and 
satisfactory  fulfillment  of  all  orders.  Mr.  Chapel  is  a  well-known  member 
of  the  New  York  Lumber  Dealers'  Association,  and  was  connected  with  the 
lumber  trade  in  the  West  for  many  years  previous  to  locating  here,  and  is 
thoroughly  reliable  in  all  his  transactions. 

DAVIES.  TURNER  &  CO.,  Foreign  Express  and  Freight  Carriers, 
Custom  House  Brokers.  No.  27  State  Street.— This  concern  dates 
its  commercial  existence  over  a  quarter-century  ago,  it  hav- 
ing been  founded  in  London,  England,  in  1870,— two  years  later 
the  New  York  house  being  opened.  The  firm  conducts  a  very  extensive 
business  as  forwarders  of  general  merchandise,  parcels  and  baggage  to  and 
from  all  parts  of  the  world,  at  a  regular  schedule  of  rates  per  pound,  and 
guarantees  the  delivery  of  all  goods  consigned  to  its  care  in  good  condition, 
and  with  such  promptitude  as  steamers  plying  between  New  York  and 
European  ports  can  accomplish — placing  insurance  on  the  same  with  lead- 
ing companies  at  lowest  rates.  Other  houses  of  the  concern  are  operated 
at  No.  .52  Lime  Street.  E.  C  and  No.  113a  Regent  Street.  West  London,  and 
in  the  Bancroft  Building,  Oldhall  Street,  Liverpool— agencies  being  con- 
ducted at  all  foreign  points.  The  management  here  is  vested  in  the  hands 
of  Mr.  George  E.  Duncan,  who  has  been  resident  partner  for  the  past 
four  years,  and  connected  with  the  house  since  1882.  He  is  an  earnest, 
energetic,  active  business  man.  and  a  prominent  and  popular  member  of 
the  New  York  Maritime  Exchange.  Orders  by  telephone.  "314  Broad,"' 
by  cable.  "  Spedition,  New  York,"  telegraph  or  mail  will  be  promptly 
attended  to. 


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THE  PRATT  &  WHITNEY  COMPANV,  E.  W.  Iiwin,  Manager, 
Mai  hinei-y  and  Tools.  Liliei  ty  Building,  Corner  Liberty  and  (rreen- 
wich  Streets. — The  great  stride.s  made  in  tlie  perfection  of  niacliin- 
ery  and  tools  by  the  I'ratt  &  Whitney  Company,  of  Hartford,  Conn., 
have  challenged  the  admiration  and  secured  the  widespread  patronage  of 
the  metal  working  trade  of  the  woi  ld.  This  company  has  been  in  success- 
ful operation  since  lSf>9,  and  has  its  New  York  warerooms  at  the  address 
above,  which  has  telei)lione  connection,  call  "854  Cortlandt,"  where  tliey 
have  recently  removed  fiom  No.  I'M  Libei  ty  ^itreet  in  order  to  better  meet 
tlie  ever-increasing  demand  of  trade.  Here  is  carried  a  large  and  com- 
plete stock  of  the  company's  famous  productions,  which  include  speed, 
cutting-otf  and  engine  lathes;  Monitors,  planers,  shapers,  drilling  machines, 
turret-head  screw  and  chucking  machines,  milling  machines,  boring  mills, 
bolt  cutters,  die  sinkers,  jnetal  band  sawing  machines,  drop  hamnieis. 
punching  and  trimming  presses,  guages,  reamers,  brass  linisbing  and 
special  machinery;  also  machinery  and  tools  for  bicycle  manufacture, 
which  are  used  by  the  largest  manufacturers  in  this  line  tliroughout  tliis 
country  and  abroad.  The  name  of  the  company  has  become  a  veritable 
trade-mark  for  all  machinery  and  tools  of  the  character  named.  The 
management  is  constantly  eng.aged  in  noting  results  of  their  important 
improvements  and  experimenting  upon  additional  ones,  and  each  season 
sees  something  new  emanate  from  their  works.  The  advances  made  by 
them  in  the  manufacture  of  staple  machinery  have  placed  their  produc- 
tions far  beyond  competition,  and  they  are  found  in  use  in  the  largest 
establishments  in  the  United  States.  Factories  are  e(iuii>iH'd  with  cofti- 
plete  plants  of  machines,  fixtures,  small  tools  and  gauges  for  the  manu- 
facture of  guns,  sewing  machines,  bicycles  and  similar  articles  requiring 
interchangeability  of  parts.  Tools  and  ai)pliances  for  special  ])uri)oses  are 
also  designed  and  built  from  models  or  descriptions.  (Juality  is  ever  the 
first  consideration,  and  their  claims  to  merit  are  based  on  the  severest 
tests  of  every-day  use.  The  Xew  York  branch  is  sole  agent  here  for  the 
Dickeman  Emery  Wheel  and  Machinery  Company,  of  Bridgeport.  Conn. 
Mr.  E.  W.  Irwin,  the  manager  here,  has  proved  himself  eminently  i)opular 
and  successful  in  meeting  all  demands  of  the  trade. 

ANDREW  YATES,  Shipnian  Oil  lJurning  Engines,  No.  12(i  Liberty 
Street.— This  gentleman  is  a  contractor  for  steam  plants.  su])ply- 
ing  oil-burning  boilers  and  fitting  out  steam  launches  and  yachts 
complete.  He  supplies  stationary  engines  from  one  to  eight-horse 
power,  marine  engines  from  one  to  twenty-two  horse-power,  and  compound 
engines  from  eight  to  twenty-two  horse-power.  These  engines  are  simple, 
efficient  and  economical.  They  are  desirable  above  all  other  small  power 
engines,  because  you  can  be  your  own  engineer  and  fireman;  they  are  eco- 
no7Tiical  in  the  use  of  fuel,  automatic  in  their  water  and  fuel  supply,  and 


consume  only  the  amount  of  fuel  required  for  the  power  taken.  They  arc 
used  by  B.  Heynor.  restaurant.  Houston  Street;  (leo.  .Jansen.  butcher. 
Fulton  Street,  Brooklyn;  H.  L.  Iloyt.  steam  yacht,  G-reat  Neck,  L.  I.:  1). 
C.  Leach,  steam  yacht,  Schidoii  Lake.  X.  Y. ;  Capt.  Walter  H.  French,  for 
Tucket  and  Beach  Haven  Navigation  Company;  ^h-.  Swazcll,  of  Fifth 
Avenue,  New  Y'ork,  among  hundreds  of  others.  Over  ■S>,om  are  now  in  use 
in  this  country  and  many  are  exported  abroad.  Mr.  Yates  is  an  expert  and 
piactical  engine  builder,  and  succeeded  the  linn  of  Hawthorn  &  Co.  in  con- 
trol of  this  business  in  1S1I4.  He  was  born  in  this  city,  served  with  Haw- 
thorn &  Co.  for  eight  years,  and  is  highly  esteemed  at  home  and  abroad. 

ST.VNDARD  ROLLING  MILL.  M.  J.  Dempscy.  I'loiirietor,  Manu- 
facturer of  Strictly  High  Grade  Merchant  Bar  and  ILnse  Shoe 
Iron,  Fortieth  Street  and  Eleventh  Avenue. — In  a  cosmoi)olitan 
trade  centre  like  New  York  it  may  aptly  be  said  that  inasmuch  as 
all  nations  are  represented  within  its  limits,  so  alike  are  all  sorts  and 
conditions  of  industries  to  be  found  in  active  operation,  and  no  better 
criterion  can  be  adduced  of  the  gigantic  character  and  multitudiiions 
variety  of  the  Empire  City's  enterprises  than  the  fact  that  what  would 
otherwise  and  elsewhere  constitute  a  mere  auxiliary  occupation  be<;oines 
hero  an  important  source  of  trade.  In  such  connection  we  desire  here  to 
make  brief  mention  of  the  establishment  of  Mr.  M.  J.  Dempsey,  proprietor 
of  the  Standard  Rolling  Mill,  and  manufacturer  of  strictly  high  grade 
merchant  bar  and  horse  shoe  iron.  Mr.  Dempsey  commenced  business 
operations  in  ISSl.  as  a  dealer  in  all  kinds  of  scrap  iron,  and  soon  built  u]) 
a  large  and  flourishing  trade.  In  ]8i)l  he  resolved  upon  extending  the 
field  of  his  activity,  and  built  his  rolling  mill,  and  the  i)ositive  and 
permanent  success  that  has  attended  the  venture  from  its  inception  ani)>ly 
attests  the  superior  quality  and  reliability  of  the  iron,  as  well  as  the  energy 
and  al)ility  displayed  in  the  management  of  the  business.  The  Standard 
Rolling  Mill  is  large  and  commodious,  with  ample  and  excellent  nianu- 
f:icturing  facilities,  and  is  equipped  with  the  latest  improved  machinery 
and  appliances,  including  two  heating  furnaces,  two  train  rolls  of  ten  niid 
eighteen  inches  lespectively,  steam  power  being  used,  and  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  skilled  workmen  are  employed,  and  the  mill  has  a  capacity 
of  (i.OOO  net  tons  a  year.  The  range  of  production  embraces  all  the  higher 
grades  of  merchant  bar  iron  and  horse  shoe  iron,  and  the  trade  covers  the 
states  of  New  York.  New  Jersey  and  Connecticut.  The  fine  facilities 
])ossessed  by  Mr.  Dempsey  for  rapid  and  perfect  production  make  him  able 
to  name  inducements  in  prices  that  are  .as  rare  as  they  are  profitable  to  his 
customers.  The  telephone  call  of  the  office  is  "  l.")n7  3Sth  St."  Mr.  Deni))- 
sey  was  born  in  this  city,  and  is  a  member  of  the  American  Iron  and  Steel 
Association, 


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EDWAKD  J.  McEVOY.  Electrical  Eiisiueer,  Thames  Buildiiii;,  Green- 
wich Street. — This  gentleman  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  oldest 
and  best-known  electrical  engineers  for  the  construction  and  in- 
stallation of  all  electrical  wiring  in  the  United  States.  During  his 
connection  with  the  marine  department  of  the  Edison  General  Electric 
Company,  and  later  on  as  superintendent  of  the  electrical  engineering  de- 
partment of  the  William  Cramp  &  Sons  Ship  and  Engine  Building  Com- 
pany, of  Philadelphia.  >[r.  McEvoy  has  to  his  credit  the  equipment  of  the 
largest  number  of  vessels  of  any  single  individual  engaged  in  this  line. 
Among  the  vessels  equipped  by  him  may  be  mentioned  the  steamboats  "  Pil- 
grim." "City  of  Worcester."  "  Rhode  Island  "  and  "Massachusetts";  the 
steamships  '•  Maraposia."  "  Alemedia,"  "  Almphia."  "Alaska,"  "Seneca." 
"  Algoma."  -'Alberta."  "Manhattan."  "Santa  Rosa."  "Mascot"  and 
"Olivet":  the  steam  yachts  "Atlanta."  "Electra."  "Columbia"  and 
"Wanda";  the  United  States  men-of-war  "Trenton,"  "  Dolphin."  "  New- 
ark." "Petrel,"  "  Xew  York."  "Columbia."  "Minneapolis,"  "Indiana'," 
"  Massachusetts"  and  numerous  others, embracing  all  classes  of  ships  and 
vessels.  In  1S04  he  established  himself  in  business  here,  and  is  now 
especially  i>roniinent  in  the  electrical  world  as  the  sole  manufacturer  of 
McEvoy  water-tight  feeder  box,  McEvoy  water-tight  junction  boxes, 
McEvoy  water-tight  circuit  controllers.  McEvoy  water-tight  switches. 
McEvoy  porcelain  ceiling  rosette.  McEvoy  porcelain  receptacles,  and 
constructor  of  all  electrical  wiring,  marine  and  commercial.  His  inven- 
tions and  products  are  now  in  preferential  use  on  the  new  trans-Atlantic 
steamers  "St.  Louis"  and  "St.  Paul."  and  have  been  adopted  by  the 
United  States  government  for  all  marine  work.  His  services  are  in  con- 
stant and  important  re(iuest  in  this  and  other  cities,  and  his  goods  go  to 
all  parts  of  the  United  States,  being  endorsed  by  experts  everywhere, 
and  commending  their  own  superior  merits  on  use.  Estimates  ai'e  fur- 
nished and  contracts  entered  into  for  the  complete  equipment  of  vessels, 
and  for  the  repair  and  re-installation  of  existing  plants.  Mr.  McEvoy 
was  born  in  Great  Britain,  emigrating  to  this  country  in  his  youth,  and  has 
had  a  busy,  eventful  and  creditable  career.  His  fame  is  secure  as  one  of 
America's  most  progressive  and  successful  electrical  engineers. 

JOHN'  BLUMERS.  Importer.  Manufacturer  and  .lobber  of  Butter. 
Cheese,  Western  Bolognas  and  Delicatessen.  Xos.  .5.3.5.  .537  and  .530 
East  75th  Street. — This  is  one  of  the  oldest  concerns  of  the  kind  in 
the  city,  and  the  recognized  leader  in  its  line.  Mr.  Blumers  inaugu- 
rated the  enterprise  in  1876.  and  his  knowledge  of  all  the  requirements  of 
the  industry  enabled  him  to  quickly  achieve  a  most  substantial  success  in 
the  trade,  and  to  acquire  an  extensive,  steadily  increasing  patronage.  He 
is  a  direct  importer  of  cheese,  fish  and  canned  goods,  securing  his  sup- 
plies from  the  most  reliable  houses  in  Europe,  and  successfully  meets  all 
competition,  as  no  one  can  underbid  his  prices.    He  has  a  well-equipped 


factory  at  Harford,  near  Ithaca,  Xew  York,  where  is  manufactured  choice 
grades  of  butter  and  cheese  in  immense  quantities.  The  spacious  premises 
occupied  in  this  city  cover  an  area  of  7-5  x  100  feet,  and  are  completely 
filled  with  a  very  heavy  stock  of  goods  in  the  lines  already  named,  the 
assortment  being  C(miplete  in  every  particular.  The  trade  of  the  house 
extends  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  Mr.  Blumers  is  prepared  to 
meet  all  orders  promittly  upon  the  most  liberal  terms. 

THE  TUEKK  HYDRAULIC  POWER  COMPANY,  Sole  Manufacturers 
of  Tuerk  Water  Motors.  Eclipse  Hydraulic  Elevators.  Current  Water 
Meters,  No.  -'l  Vandewater  Street.— Wherever  available,  hydraulic 
water  i)ower  is  found  decidedly  the  most  economical,  reliable  and 
convenient,  and  thus  it  is  that  the  Tuerk  Hydraulic  Power  Company  of  this 
city  and  Chicago  has  met  with  such  a  growing  demand  for  its  world  famous 
water  motors,  which  as  to  design,  the  scientific  jirinciples 

J involved,  and  also  to  materials  and  workmanship  have  no 
rival  in  the  market.  It  was  in  1S77  that  the  first  I'uerk 
motor  was  put  upon  the  market,  and  the  effect  was  to  at 
'Kj^M  once  revolutionize  the  old  time  methods  of  using  hydrau- 
^£S|r  lie  power.  In  1S83  the  existing  company  was  organized 
^^'^  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  and  has  achieved 
^^J^  a  most  substantial  success.  The  officers  are  as  follows: 
Mr.  W.  H.  Marsh,  of  New  Y'ork,  president;  Albert 
Hinds  of  Chicago,  secretary;  and  David  Whyte  of  this  city,  treasurer. 
They  have  a  paid-up  capital  of  $60.0(.K)  at  command,  and  ])erfect  manufac- 
turing facilities;  their  factory  at  the  address  above  being  the  best  equii)ped 
of  the  kind  in  the  world.  The  company  is  sole  owner  of  many  valuable 
patents,  and  manufacture  full  lines  of  motors,  from  those  of  sizes  suited 
to  the  running  of  fans  and  sewing  machines,  up  to  those  of  :!2-horse  power. 
adai)ted  to  elevators,  etc..  also  meters  of  latest  and  most  improved  designs 
in  all  sizes  and  styles.  The  Tuerk  motor  is  a  very  simi)le  piece  of  mechan- 
ism, and  generates  double  the  power  of  any  other  make.  It  can  readil  jjjyjc^^^ 
attached  to  water  pipes  and  thus  be  utilized  at  merely  nominal  cast  to  ruii 
sewing  machines,  lathes,  etc.  The  boon  it  has  been  to  the  operators  on 
sewing  machines  is  priceless.  It  has  made  heavy  work  light,  and  rescued 
thou.sands  of  women  from  lingering  maladies,  while  they  did  more  and  bet- 
ter work  with  motor  power.  .\n  automatic  governor  regulates  the  speed 
and  flow  of  water  so  that  the  utmost  economy  is  insured,  while  these 
motors  practically  never  wear  out.  Mr.  Maish,  the  president  of  the  com- 
pany, has  been  identified  with  the  concern  for  the  past  seventeen  years,  and 
for  twelve  years  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city,  ever  indefatigable  in  the 
discharge  of  duty,  and  materially  contributing  to  the  company's  prosper- 
ity. To  those  needing  power  we  strongly  advise  sending  for  catalogue. 
Prices  are  given  and  the  fullest  guarantee  goes  with  every  motor,  while 
the  company  possesses  thousands  of  testimonials  as  to  their  superiority. 


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THE  STANDARD  STRUCTURAL  COMPANY,  Engineers  and  Con- 
tractors for  Fire  Proof  Office  Buiklinj;s,  Warehouses,  Stores,  anil 
General  Construction  Work,  Nos.  5  to  11  Broadway. — New  York 
lias  of  late  years  become  noted  for  the  size,  height  and  splendor 
of  her  office  biiililinfjs  and  other  prominent  structures,  all  of  which  reflects 
credit  upon  her  leading  engineers  and  contractors  in  this  line.  Prominent 
among  the  latter  is  the  Standard  Structural  Comjiany,  who  are  engineers 
and  contractors  for  fire-proof  office  buildings,  warehouses,  stores  and  gen- 
eral construction  work.  This  company  was  incorporated  in  June,  1895,  un- 
<ler  the  laws  of  New  York,  with  a  capital  of  >S2.j.()0(),  and  is  officered  as 
follows,  viz:  P.  Minturn  Smith,  president;  Arthur  P.  D.  Hurder,  treasurer; 
Ju.dson  H.  Bailey,  secretary;  Henry  W.  Hodge,  consulting  engineer.  The 
company's  New  York  City  ])atronage  alone  affords  abundant  proof  of  its 
superior  workmanship  and  moderate  prices.  The  ccjnipany  are  now  at 
work  on  the  new  Bowling  Green  Office  Building,  which  has  sixteen  floors 
and  two  basements,  and  stands  as  a  monument  to  engineering  skill  and 
modern  enterprise.  Designs  and  estimates  are  promptly  furnished  and 
contracts  of  any  magnitude  are  entered  into  and  completed  accoi'ding  to 
agreement.  This  company  is  successor  to  the  Union  Iron  Works,  which 
had  been  in  existence  for  a  number  of  years  past.  President  .Smith  held  a 
similar  position  in  the  Union  Iron  Works,  and  was  its  founder.  He  has 
been  continuously  engaged  in  the  iron  industry  since  186."),  and  is  an  expert 
and  practical  contractor  of  large  experience  and  established  reputation, 
while  Engineer  Hodge  is  a  noted  civil  and  consulting  engineer. 

THE  HAMH/rON  MALLEABLE  IRON  COMPANY,  Manufacturers 
of  the  Adams  Metal  Itailway  Tie.  General  Office,  Rooms  Nos.  430 
and  4;-31  Postal  Telegraidi  Building,  No.  2.53  Broadway. — The 
greatest  success  in  the  line  of  railway  construction  is  the  '•  Adams 
Metal  Railway  Tie,"'  now  being  manufactured  by  the  Hamilton  Malleable 
Iron  Company.  This  tie  was  patented  September  1."),  ISlKi.  and  has  been 
thoroughly  tested  and  found  to  overcome  all  the  difficulties  encountered 
in  the  use  of  other  metal  ties.  The  Adams  tie  is  constructed  of  one  piece 
of  sheet  steel,  centrally  cut  away,  ostensibly  for  the  purpose  of  lightening 
the  tie  ;  but  in  reality  to  enable  the  ballast  to  be  readily  tamped  on  the 
interior  of  the  tie.  The  tie  is  longitudinally  corrugated  on  sides  and  top 
so  as  to  give  greater  frictional  resistance.  This  also  gives  it  greater 
strength.  To  overcome  the  noise,  transvei  se  channels  are  pressed  beneath 
the  rail  seat,  and  this  channel  is  flUed  with  vulcanized  fibre.  The  top  side 
of  the  tie  is  convexed.  thus  giving  it  tln^  greatest  strength.  The  weight  of 
the  tie  complete  is  ninety  pounds.  The  rail  fastening  is  the  most  impor- 
tant point  in  a  metallic  tie,  and  that  used  in  the  Adams  tie  is  dependent 
ujion  no  bolts  or  rivets.    It  can  be  readily  removed,  more  so  than  a  spike; 


can  be  easily  tightened  up,  if  necessary,  and  the  arrangement  is  such  that 
ii  large  or  small  section  of  rail  can  be  used  without  disturbing  the  tie  at 
all.  This  tie  has  received  the  approval  and  endorsement  of  many  of  the 
leading  railway  engineers  of  the  country.  The  Hamilton  Malleable  Iron 
Company,  of  which  (i.  Alexander  Hamilton  is  jnesident  and  general  mana- 
ger, Alfred  Earle,  vice-president,  and  Wilbur  F.  Morrow,  secretary  and 
treasurer,  are  the  sole  owners  of  the  iiatent,  and  bring  to  bear  every  requi- 
site to  insure  success.  With  the  energy  and  exjjerience  jjossessed  by  the 
officers  and  managers  of  this  company,  the  introduction  of  this  tie  to  the 
l)iincipal  railway  systems  of  the  country  is  only  a  (piestion  of  time.  The 
sooner  the  better  in  the  interests  of  life  and  jiroperty. 

REGINALD  PELHAM  BOLTON.  Syndicate  JUiilding,  Liberty  Street. 
— The  professional  element  of  the  inetroi)olis  includes  most  of  the 
leaders  in  the  various  lields  of  endeavor,  and  in  the  science  and 
practice  of  engineering  New^  York  can  produce  an  array  of  talent 
unexcelled  by  any  other  city  in  the  world.  Perhaps  no  name  in 
'■  (iotham's  "  roll  of  distinguisljed  consulting  mechanical  engineers  orci\- 
piesa  more  prominent  position  than  that  assigned  to  Mr.  Reginald  I'elhani 
Bolton.  Mr.  Bolton  is  known  at  the  present  time  as  the  engineer  to  the 
Bowling  (ireen  Building  in  this  city,  also  as  sni)ervising  engineer  to  the 
Brooklyn  Corporation  for  the  difficult  oiicration  of  remodeling  the  Ridge- 
wood  i)umping  station  at  East  New  York.  He  established  himself  in  the 
prai  tice  of  his  profession  here  in  1894.  and  has  already  accomplished  impor- 
tant results.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  office  buildings  and  the  improve- 
ments needed  in  them,  and  has  been  the  originator  of  several  economical 
ini|iidvements.  notably  the  vertical  system  of  electrical  wiring,  and  the 
double-pressure  system  of  hydraulic  elevator  service.  He  is  engineer  not 
only  to  the  r.nwling  (;reen  Building,  but  also  to  the  Syndicate  Building, 
LonFs  Court  Huilding.  La  Rochelle  a])artment  hotel,  the  Central  Syndi- 
(•ate  Bank  building  at  I'earl  and  Broadway,  and  the  large  office  buildings  of 
.J.  T.  Williams  at  White  Street,  and  at  Broome  Street  and  Bioadway.  His 
services  are  in  increasing  requisition  by  the  business  and  i)rofessional  world. 
He  recently  contributed  to  the  "  Architects'  and  Builder.s'  Review  "  an 
exhaustive  article  on  "  Hydraidic  or  Electric  Elevators"  as  a])plied  to  tall 
office  buildings,  which  demonstrated  a  thorough  familiarity  with  the  sub- 
ject. He  is  the  author  of  a  book  on  motive  powers,  also  an  inventor  of 
great  promise,  endowed  with  a  genius  for  improvement  and  an  ambition 
to  excel.  Mr.  Bolton  was  born  in  England,  of  American  parents,  in  IS'iO, 
and  now  resides  at  Pelham.  Westchester  County,  N.  Y.  He  is  a  i)ast  pres- 
ident of  the  Civil  and  Mechanical  Engineers  Society  of  Westminster, 
England,  and  an  honored  member  of  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  of 
England. 


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SKILTON  &  SON,  Contractors  and  Exporters,  Nos.  ai  and  tia  Broad- 
way.—This  firm  are  agents  for  tlie  Ball  Electric  Light  Company  of 
this  city,  for  Mexico,  Central  and  South  America,  the  West  Indies 
and  all  Spanish-American  countries,  and  their  business  is  produc- 
tive of  highly  gratifying  results  for  those  immediately  concerned,  and  is 
also  an  essentially  useful  one,  as  it  affects  the  entire  community  in  each 
country.  The  members  of  this  firm  were  formerly  residents  of  Spanish 
countries,  the  senior  partner,  Hon.  J.  A.  Skilton,  being  United  States  Con- 
sul-General to  Mexico  for  ten  years,  under  Presidents  Grant  and  Hayes; 
and  they  established  their  present  business  here  in  1887.  They  are  contrac- 
tors for  supplying  electric  railways,  light,  heat  and  power  stations,  either 
central  or  isolated  plants,  and  as  exporters  they  conduct  their  business  upon 
a  basis  distinctively  conducive  to  extended  commercial  relations.  The  Ball 
system  of  electric  lighting,  which  this  firm  represents,  is  now  the  advanced 
guard  of  all  electrical  appliances.  It  is  the  recognized  representative  of 
all  that  is  safest,  best  and  most  economical  in  the  electrical  field.  The 
company  have  captured  the  newest  inventions  and  most  valuable  patents 
for  arc  lighting,  and  the  Ball  dynamo  now  possesses  elements  of  superior- 
ity which  cannot  be  found  in  any  other.  Its  points  of  excellence  inclnde 
greater  efficiency,  less  heat,  less  internal  resistance  and  greater  economy, 
and  to  give  e(iual  results  it  reipiires  less  power  than  any  other  dynamo  in 
the  world.  The  Ball  dynamo  is  unquestionably  superior  to  any  ever  before 
invented,  and  not  only  stands  the  severest  tests  to  which  such  machines 
can  be  subjected,  but  emltodies  many  improvements  protected  by  patent, 
thus  ensuring  to  patrons  the  best  light  and  most  sntisfnctory  service. 
Messrs.  Skilton  &  Son  have  built  up  a  large  and  influential  ti-ade  in 
Mexico.  Venezuela,  (Juatemala,  San  Salvador,  the  West  Indies,  and 
other  Spanish-American  countries,  and  now  occupy  a  most  important  and 
extensive  field  of  usefnlness  in  that  part  of  the  world.  Amidst  the  Span- 
ish Revolution  the  past  winter  they  erected  an  electric  plant  in  Cuba,  and 
make  several  trips  to  that  section  every  year.  They  make  out  specifica- 
tions in  Spanish,  and  also  publish  a  catalogue  in  that  language.  Hon.  J. 
A.  Skilton  was  born  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  and  graduated  from  the  Troy  Polytecli- 
nic  Institute  in  1849,  and  from  the  Albany  ^fedical  College  in  Is.V).  He 
served  his  country  in  the  war  for  the  T^nion  foi-  ;i  iiei  iod  of  four  and  one- 
half  years,  in  the  30th  and  37th  X.  Y.  Infantry  and  14th  X.  Y.  Cavalry,  and 
was  medical  director  of  the  cavalry  department  for  the  Southwest,  stationed 
at  Xew  Orleans.  He  also  served  on  the  staffs  of  Generals  Banks,  Canby  and 
Sheridan,  with  the  lank  of  major.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  ap- 
pointed first-lieutenant  in  the  0th  IT.  S.  Cavalry,  but  decdined  the  position 
and  was  then  sent  to  Mexico  by  President  Grant.  Mr.  II.  I.  Skilton,  the  son 
of  the  preceding,  and  one  of  tlie  firm,  is  a  mechanical  and  electrical  engineer 
of  larg(!  exi)erience,  educated  in  Mexico  and  the  ITnitcd  States,  and  has 
traveled  extensively  in  South  and  Central  America.    He  has  just  made  one 


of  his  business  trips  through  Spanish  speaking  countries,  including  the 
following  :  Curacoa,  Venezuela,  U.  S.  of  Colombia,  San  Salvador,  Guate- 
mala, Mexico  and  Cuba. 

HU.  BAYXE  &  CO.,  Electrical  and  Mechanical  Contracting  En- 
gineers, No.  39  Cortlandt  Street. — Although  but  two  years  or  so 
^  established,  this  firm  receives  a  substantial  share  of  recognition, 
and  their  business  gives  evidence  of  steady  increase.  The  co- 
partnership consists  of  Messrs.  H.  D.  Bayne,  B.  Eekhont  and  R.  B.  Strong, 
all  of  whom  are  men  of  skill  and  experience,  and  well  known  in  electrical 
circles.  Mr.  Bayne  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the  business  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  having  been  connected  with  the  Jablockoff  Illuminating  Com- 
pany (of  France),  the  Ball  Electric  Light  Company,  the  Thomson-Honston 
Company  and  the  General  Electric  Company.  Mr.  Strong  after  leaving 
college  went  directly  into  the  works  of  the  General  Electric  Company,  and 
left  their  engineering  department  to  join  this  firm.  H.  D.  Bayne  &  Co. 
are  prepared  to  submit  plans  and  estimates  for  complete  plants,  lighting, 
power,  railroad  and  marine,  and  all  work  imdertaken  by  this  reliable  firm 
will  be  performed  with  promptness  and  fidelity,  and  they  are  in  a  jiosition 
to  finance  the  construction  of  railroads,  etc.,  when  the  security  is  gilt- 
edged. 

FWAYLAND-SMITH  &  SONS,  Iron,  No.  1155  Havemeyer  Building, 
No.  26  Cortlandt  Street. — This  firm  have  been  established  in  busi- 
,  ness  here  since  1891,  and  are  noted  in  iron  and  steel  trade  circles 
throughout  the  Eastern  and  Middle  States  as  agents  for  the  fol- 
lowing well-known  houses,  to  wit:  Wm.  Clark  Sons  Company,  I'ittsburgh, 
Pa.,  manufacturers  of  hoop  and  l)and  steel;  Penii  Iron  Company,  (Limited), 
Lancaster,  Pa.,  manufacturers  of  bar  iron;  Frazer  and  Jones  Company, 
Syracuse,  N.  Y..  manufacturers  of  malleable  iron  castings,  saddlery  hard- 
ware, etc.  Possessing  such  intimate  relations  with  leading  manufacturers, 
as  well  as  a  detailed  knowledge  of  the  materials  they  handle,  this  firm  are 
in  the  fortunate  position  of  being  able  to  offer  purchasers  the  best  sup- 
plies at  lowest  manufacturers'  ju  ices.  Inquiries  for  any  description  of  arti- 
cles at  all  in  kepi)ing  with  their  general  line  meet  with  prompt  attention,  and 
this  in  conjunction  with  the  distinctly  business-like  qualities  which  they 
are  known  to  possess,  has  won  for  them  a  patronage  of  the  most  creditable 
character  with  large  consumers,  manufacturers  and  dealers  throughout 
New  York,  New  .lersey  and  the  Eastern  States.  Shipments  are  made 
direct  from  the  mills  to  customers,  and  all  orders  are  accorded  immedi- 
ate personal  attention.  The  co-partners,  :Messrs.  F.  Wayland-Smith,  G. 
Wayland-Smith  and  R.  Wayland-Smith,  arc  well-known  New  Yorkers, 
trained  in  the  iron  and  steel  trade,  and  gentlemen  worthy  of  every  confi- 
dence. 


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83 


AMERICAN  BOX  MACHINE  COMPANY,  Home  Office  and  Manu- 
factory, Amsterdam,  New  York;  Salesroom  Xo.  00  Grand  Street. 
—The  use  of  the  celebrated  "  Inman  "  machines  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  paper  boxes  has  become  wellni?;h  universal  throughout 
the  world,  and  within  a  comparatively  few  years  marvelous  perfection  has 
been  a  1 1  a  ined 
of 


in  this 
skilled 


line 
i  n  dus- 


try,  deemed  an 
i  m  p  ossibiiity 
fifteen  years 
ago.  The 
American  liox 
Machine  Com- 
pany was  organ- 
ized in  this  city 
in  ISS:^,  to  ac- 
quire the  Inman 
patents,  a  n  d 
control  the  sale 
a  n  d  introduc- 
tion of  i)aper 
box  machinery. 
An  extensive 
mod  e  r  n  plant 
was  s  u  b  s  e  - 
qiiently  erected 
at  Amsterdam, 
New  York,  by 
the  Inman 
Manufacturin  g 
Company,  who 
m  a  n  u  f  ac  ture 
under  contract 
not  o  n  1  y  all 
those  machines 
controlled  by 
the  American 
Box  Machine 
Company,  but 
several  other 
very  important 

,     ,  INVENTOR,  AMSTERDAM,  N.  Y. 

ones    used  by 

paper  box  makers,  so  that  the  united  product  of  the  two  companies  form 


^^^^  ^/^U^^^ 


ll'I'M.B-HHIJIAJIIII'I^M.lil.^^ 


rrir  i^rfi  ywr  fif!f! "  fflT  f^^'  ""PTI 

t^/T'i-  ^  i  w\  '^f  PWf  inFf 

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Papkr  P)0.\-  Shop.  M AcirrNE  Shop  and  Foundry  of  the  Inman  AIanu- 
F.\.rTURiNa  Company. 

AMSTERDAM,  N.  Y. 
SOLE  MANl'F.ifTURERS  FOR  THE  AMERICAN  liOX  MACHINE  CO. 

the  most  complete  paper  box  plant  that  can  be  devised,  and  since  188S.  the 
city  of  Amsterdam,  N.  Y..  is  known  as  headquarters  for  all  the  most  relia- 
ble machinery  adapted  to  that  industry.  Mr.  Harry  A.  Inman.  son  of  Mr. 
Horace  Inman,  is  associated  with  his  father  and  ably  assists  in  the  conduct 
of  the  business.  In  the  spring  of  the  present  year  the  company  removed 
its  New  York  warerooms  to  No.  00  Grand  Street,  where  a  full  line  of 
machines  and  duplicate  parts  is  carried.  Another  office  is  established  at 
No.  101" High  Street,  Boston,  and  Messrs.  J.  C.  Metcalf  &  Co.  rei)resent  the 
company  in  that  city.  The  officers  of  the  American  Box  Machine  Com- 
pany are:  George  Campbell,  president;  Horace  Inman.  vice-president  and 
manager;  A.  A.  DeForest,  treasurer;  and  Robert  N.  Clark,  secretary. 


84 


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These  ueiitU'iucii  lirinn  spociiil  (iiialiiicatioiis  to  licar  for  tlie  diselmr.ue  "f 
their  duties,  mill  Mr.  Iiiiimii  is  reeounized  as  the  leading  authority  mi  the 
iiiauufaeture  of  paper  bo.xcs  by  niachiucry.  lie  be^an  making  paper  bo.xes 
by  liaiid  in  1ST4.  and  early  saw  tlie  advantage  of  hibor-saviuK  nuu'hinery. 
lie  made  the  closest  study  of  the  subject,  and  in  1SS2  brought  out  bis  first 

invention,  sub- 
seiiueiitly  fol- 
lowed by  many 
others,  until  the 
entire  industry 
depends  wholly 
ujion  the  use  of 
the  most  reli- 
able and  speedy 
automatic 
machinery,  the 
o  u  t  li  t  of  a 
modern  paper 
box  factory  now 
coming  entirely 
from  this  com- 
pany's shops, 
and  being  sub- 
stan  ti  ally  as 
follows:  sti'aw- 
boa  rd  cutting 
and  s  c  o  v  i  ii  g, 
corner  cutting 
and  staying 
m  a  c  bin  o  s , 
pajicr  slitting 
a  n  d  winding, 
box  covering 
a  n  d  trimming 
m  a  c  bine  s , 
either  single, 
double  or  trijile 
strip,  and  top 

Nkw  Vokk  Office  and  Sai-kshoom,  .  and  bottom 

x<>.  ()(>  fiU.VNl)  STKEK  i'.  labelling 
machines,  etc..  etc.  The  best  proof  of  the  supremacy  maintained  by  the 
.\merican  Box  Machine  Company  is  that  twenty-seven  large  and  represen- 
tative paper  box  maiiufactureis  of  New  York  City  are  using  this  make  of 
machines;  and  .all  the  leading  box  shops  in  Brooklyn,  IJiiffalo.  Albany, 
Troy,  Colioes,  Rochester,  Boston,  Holyoke,  Lynn,  Springfield,  Worcester, 


Providence,  Philadelphia,  r.altiinore,  Cleveland,  Cinciniiali.  Chicago, 
Detroit,  St.  Louis,  Montreal,  etc.,  are  fitted  up  with  these  maeliiiies.  and 
the  same  remark  applies  to  Europe  generally;  to  meet  the  trade  of  which, 
thecom])aiiy  has  maintained  a  branch  house  in  England  since  1894,  while  in 
January,  1895, 
Mr.  II  o  race 
Iiiiiian  opened 
spacious  offices 
atXos.  11  and  K! 
W  h  i  t  e  c  r  o  s  s 
Street,  London, 
E.  C,  where  he 
has  setup  a  com- 
plete outfit  of 
his  machinery, 
which  affords 
E  n  g  lisli  paper 
b  o  x  manufac- 
turers an  ob- 
ject lesson  of 
the  greatest 
value,  and  al- 
r  e  a  d  y  o  v  e  r 
sixty  of  the 
most  represent- 
ative concerns 
in  Great  Bri- 
tain, are  using 
the  In  m  a  n 
machines.  Mr. 
Inman  passes 
fully  six 
months  abroad 
each  year,  giv- 
ing his  atten- 
t  i  o  n  to  the 
Europe  a  n 
trade.  Mr. 
Henry  Dyer,  a 
gentleman  o  f 
extensive  busi- 
n  e  s  s  experi- 
ence, is  his  efficient  chief  of  staff  and  has  sole  management  of  the  London 
office  when  Mr.  Inman  is  in  this  country.  Another  large  office  has  recently 
been  opened  in  Berlin,  Germany,  and  although  a  new  venture,  the  results 


Amki!IC'AN  Box  Maciiink  Company' 
AND  Snow  Rooms, 


Offices 


11  TO    13  WHITE  CROSS  STREET,  LONDON,  E.  C,  ENGLAND. 


4i  NEW   YORK- 1896.  Jl* 


85 


promise  to  be  most  s;itisf'iictoiy.  'JMiis  ofHce  is  located  at  20  Heutlistrassc, 
and  is  in  charfje  of  Mr.  F.  !S])iegel,  who  is  well  known  and  very  itojnilar 
with  the  German  box  makers.    The  American  box  machines  ett'ect  a  saving 

of  fully  fifty 
per  cent.  in 
labor  over  liand 
work,  occupy- 
ins;  only  lialf 
the  usual  space 
required.  There 
is  no  waste  of 
paper,  glue,  or 
anything-  else: 
a  workman  may 
be  careless  and 
negligent,  b  u  t 
the  machines 
are  always  le- 
liable,  steady 
and  true,  and 
the  work  is 
clean  and  satis- 
factory. Every 
new  invention 
as  it  appears  is 
])  r  a  c  t  i  c  a  1  1  y 
tested  in  the 
most  exacting 
mnnner  in  the 
great  [japer  box 
factory  of  the 
Inman  Manu- 
facturing Com- 
])any,  at  Am- 
sterdam, a  n  d 
none  are  issued 
until  they  de- 
serve the  fullest 
guaranty  which 
a  (t  c  o  m  p  a  nies 
every  sale.  The 

liighest  tribute  to  merit  is  perhaps  the  effort  to  imitate,  and  while  the 
American  Box  Machine  Company  acknowledges  the  possible  intentions 
of  the  infringess  to  flatter,  nevertheless,  they  fail  to  appreciate  them, 
because  such  flattery  is  very  expensive;  but  in  order  to  protect  all  its  cus- 


A.MEiacA.x  Box  Mai  ulvk  (  ompaxy"s  Offices 
AND  Show  Koo.ms, 

NO.  20  liEl'THSTKASSK,  UKRLIN,  GERMANY. 


tomcrs  from  such  illegal  trade  opposition,  the  company  i)ronii)tly  gives 
battle  to  every  infiinging  machine,  demonstratuig  the  validity  of  its  many 
patents  and  insuring  the  users  the  proper  protection,  to  which  theii- jtnr- 
chases  entitles  them.  A  full  and  complete  line  of  these  machines  was  ex- 
hibited at  the  \V((rld"s  Columbian  Exposition  at  ('hicago  in  IS'.);!,  and  re- 
ceived the  only  awards  for  this  class  of  machinery,  consisting  of  three 
medals  and  ten  diplomas,  which  were  granted  these  machines  for  "  good 
design  and  construction,  highly  ])ractical,  efficient,  and  labor  saving."  Mr. 
Horace  Inman  had  the  honor  to  be  one  of  the  only  three  inventors  upon 
whom  was  conferred  the  special  and  personal  distinction  of  a  medal  and 
award  of  ])articular  merit  for  their  valuable  inventions.  The  Xew  York 
office.  No.  ()()  (irand  Street,  is  represented  by  Mi'.  George  \V.  Hatch,  w  ho 
is  well  known  to  all  Xew  York  City  box  makers,  and  whose  long  expe- 
rience enables  him  to  demonstrate  fully  to  all  intending  purchasers,  the 
l)ractical  working  of  every  machine  on  exhibition.  Mr.  Frank  E.  Hatch 
represents  these  machines  "on  the  road  in  every  state  in  the  Union,  and 
the  box  makers  wlio  have  profited  by  his  visits  have  good  reason  to  remem- 
ber with  thanksgiving  the  day  he  introduced  his  wares  and  placed  them 
upon  the  highway  to  prospei'ity:  their  name  is  legion  and  Frank  Hatch 
never  tires  of  well  doing. 

CH.  McKIBBIX  &  CO..  Railway,  Steamship  and  Contraclois"  Sup- 
Iilies,  Third  Floor,  Suite  40.  Eijuitable  Building,  No.  120  Broad- 
,  way. — A  leading  house  in  this  city  engaged  as  agents  for  the  sale 
of  railway,  steamship  and  contractors'  supplies  is  that  of  ('.  H. 
McKibbin  &  Co.  This  firm  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  in  Xew  York  in 
this  line  and  has  a  clientage  both  in  this  and  foreign  countries.  They 
are  the  general  sales  agents  of  such  prominent  and  widely-known  concei  ns 
as  the  Cooke  Locomotive  and  Machine  Company,  of  Paterson.  X.  J. : 
Roberts,  Throp  &  Co.,  of  Three  Rivers,  Mich.,  and  the  Buckeye  Malleable 
Iron  and  Coupler  Company,  of  Columbus,  Ohio.  They  are  also  general 
agents  for  The  Barney  &  Smith  Car  Company,  of  Dayton,  Ohio;  The 
Johnson  Company,  of  Lorain.  Ohio,  and  the  Buffalo  Scale  Company,  of 
Buffalo,  X.  Y.  A  great  number  of  railroads,  foreign  and  coastwise  steam- 
ships, and  many  of  the  largest  contractors  make  their  purchases  from  this 
tiim.  being  attracted  by  the  honorable  methods  in  force,  the  superior 
inducements  offered  and  the  eminently  satisfactory  manner  in  which  all 
their  orders  are  filled.  The  house  has  long  distance  tele])h<)ne  connection, 
and  their  cable  address  is '.' Sligo."  Mr.  C.  H.  McKibbin  is  a  well-known 
New  Yorker,  prominent  in  railroad  circles,  and  connected  with  him  are 
five  representatives  who  are  constantly  traveling;  all  being  well  and 
favorably  known  in  railway  and  railway  supply  business  circles.  The  busi- 
ness of  the  firm  has  been  built  up  strictly  on  the  basis  of  inerit.  and  the 
firm  is  everywhere  regarded  as  a  foremost  exponent  of  the  great  railway 
supply  trade. 


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BALLAN'TINE  &  Tll.VCY,  Architects,  Presl.yteii.ni  BnildinR,  No. 
l.'iC)  Filth  Aveimi'.— Though  hut  a  comparatively  short  time  estah- 
lishcd.  Messrs.  ]5allaiitiiie  and  Tracy  are  rapidly  making  their  way 
to  the  front  in  their  profession.  They  are  a  rising  and  well-known 
lirm,  and  enjoy  a  first-class  reimtation.  IJoth  partners  are  trained 
draughtsmen  and  thoroughly  competent,  all-round  architects.  They  are 
men  of  practical  .skill  and  experience  ;  and  all  work  intrusted  to  them  will 
be  performed  in  the  most  careful,  prompt  and  thorough  maimer.  Mr. 
(Jeorge  A.  liallantine  was  horn  in  Newark,  New  Jersey.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Beaux  Arts  Society  of  New  York,  and  late  of  the  Boston  Architect- 
ural League.  Mr.  Kvarts  Tracy  is  a  native  of  this  city.  He  is  also  a  niem- 
hcr  of  the  I'.eanx  Arts  Society,  and  of  the  Architectural  League  of  New 
York.  Messrs.  liallantine  and  Tracy  occupy  a  well-equipped  suite  of  offices 
and  employ  two  capable  assistants.  They  are  prepared  to  draw  plans  for 
all  classes  of  buildings,  including  institutions,  npartment-houses,  church 
edifices,  hotels  and  business  structures.  They  make  a  specialty  of  villas, 
cottages  and  liigh-class  private  residences,  and  also  give  particular  atten- 
tion t^o  public  buildings  and  office  buildings.  Designs,  specifications,  etc., 
are  furnished  by  them  at  short  notice,  and  the  work  of  construction  is  per- 
sonally superintended.  They  exercise  immediate  supervision  over  every 
detail,  and  can  guarantee  the  utmost  satisfaction.  Since  they  commenced 
business,  Messrs.  r.allantine  and  Tracy  have  met  with  a  flattering  share  of 
recognition,  and  from  all  indications  the  success  of  this  firm  is  fully 
assured. 


ASON  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Fine  f'abinct  Trim.  Furniture, 
Doors,  Etc.,  Builders,  Lexington  Avenue  and  44th  Street.— This 
firm  have  their  mills  at  Winooski.  Vermont,  and  Concord,  N.  H.. 
employing  about  three  hundred  hands  at  Winooski  alone  and 
about  one  luiuilred  in  this  city.  The  business  was  founded  by  Mead,  Mason 
&  Co.,  in  IS.")."),  and  has  been  located  in  this  city  since  1881.  The  present  firm 
succeeded  the  founders  a  few  years  ago.  They  manufacture  fine  cabinet 
trim,  furniture,  doors,  etc.,  making  a  leading  specialty  of  interior  wood  work 
of  high  grade.  The  growth  of  their  business  in  this  city  has  been  strictly 
in  keeping  with  the  increasing  demand  for  the  finest  decorative  effects  and 
that  discriminating  selection  of  the  most  perfect  types  of  material  and 
patterns  that  human  taste  and  skill  have  been  able  to  devise.  The  firm 
have  executed  many  important  contracts,  among  which  are  the  new  St. 
Luke's  Hosi)ital,  113th  Street  and  Amsterdam  Avenue:  Valencia  apartment 
houses,  at  'Mh  Street  and  Seventh  Avenue;  St.  Catherine  apartment  houses, 
5:5d  Street  and  Madison  Avenue;  and  the  five  private  houses  at  S4th  Street 
and  Eighth  Avenue,  which  are  among  the  finest  decorated  houses  in  the 
city,  and  their  services  are  in  constant  demand  both  liere  and  elsewhere 
throughout  the  country.    The  New  England  trade  is  supplied  from  Bur- 


lington, Vermont.  Mr.  O.  R.  Mason,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is  an 
expert  authority  in  his  line  and  a  gentleman  of  large  practical  experience 
and  thorough  reliability.  Mr.  G.  W.  Myers,  who  has  charge  of  the  New 
York  end,  is  a  gentleman  of  many  years'  experience  and  is  thoroughly 
familiar  with  every  detail  connected  with  the  business  and  a  practical 
builder. 

THEODORE  OLLESHEIMER  &  BROS.,  Importers  and  Manufactur- 
ers, Baskets,  Willow  Ware,  Wooden  Ware,  Kitchen  and  House 
Furnishing  Goods,  Nos.  52  and  r)4  Walker  Stieet. — This  business 
was  established  under  the  above  title  in  1881,  by  Messrs.  Theodore, 
Henry  and  Julius  Olleslieimer.  In  188!),  Mr.  Theodore  Ollesheimer  died, 
and  his  brothers  have  since  continued  under  the  original  firm-title.  Both 
copartners  are  natives  of  Germany,  but  have  for  many  years  been  residents 
of  the  United  States,  and  are  public-spirited  citizens  and  upright  mer- 
chants, who  enjoy  the  esteem  of  all  their  fellow-citizens.  The  Messrs. 
Ollesheimer  occupy  a  four-story  building,  54  x  100  feet  in  dimensions, 
fitted  up  with  all  the  facilities  for  the  dispatch  of  business,  also  a  number 
of  other  warehouses.  The  specialties  handled  include  baskets,  willow- 
ware,  wooden  ware,  kitchen  and  general  house  furnishing  goods  of  all 
kinds,  both  of  foreign  and  domestic  production,  and  a  special  department 
is  maintained  for  importation  orders  of  European  manufacture.  The  firm 
import  direct  from  Germany,  France,  Italy  and  Russia,  carry  a  very  com- 
prehensive, complete  stock,  and  are  prepared  to  make  shipments  to  any 
part  of  the  country  at  lowest  invoice  quotations. 

LOTT,  SCHMITT  &  IIASSELBRIXG,  Makers  of  Fine  Gold  and  Sil- 
ver Novelties  for  Canes  and  Umbrellas,  Nos.  U2  to  IKi  Walker 
Street.— By  no  other  firm  is  a  higher  grade  of  these  particular  spe- 
cialties manufactured,  and  although  the  business  is  one  of  but  re- 
cent creation,  the  reputation  of  the  house  is  firmly  established  and  wide- 
spread. The  members  of  this  firm,  Messrs..  J.  Lott.  Otto  Schmitt  and 
John  Hasselbring  formed  their  present  co-partnership  in  1894.  They  are 
thorou'--hly  practical  and  experienced  silversmiths,  and  bring  to  bear  high 
artistic'attainments,  combined  with  skill  in  design,  and  originality  in  con- 
ceotion.  They  occupy  a  floor  having  an  area  of  75  x  100  feet,  which  is 
e(piipped  with  all  necessary  machines,  tools  and  appliances,  all  of  which 
arc  of  the  latest  and  most  perfect  pattern.  Steam  power  is  used,  and 
thiity  skilled  men  are  employed  the  year  around.  They  manufacture  ex- 
clusiVely  fine  gold  and  silver  novelties  for  canes  and  umbrellas,  and  have 
built  up  an  extensive  trade  all  over  the  country,  several  traveling  salesmen 
beiiK-- constantly  on  the  road.  Mr.  Schmitt  was  born  in  this  city,  while  Mr. 
IlassTelbrin"-  is  a  native  of  Germany.  All  the  silver  goods  of  this  house 
are  guaranteed  to  be  sterling  silver  of  .925.  Artistic  designs  are  furnished 
on  application,  and  fine  engraving  and  chasing  are  done  to  order. 


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87 


WESSELL,  NICKEL  &  GROSS,  Maiiufactuieis  of  Piano  Foite 
Actions,  Office,  No.  457  West  45th  Street. — ^An  important 
branch  of  piano  production  is  the  manuf actine  of  piano  actions, 
and  the  leading  and  most  eminently  representative  house 
engaged  in  this  line  in  the  city  of  New  York,  whose  reputation  for  sui)erior 
products  is  unexcelled,  and  which  is  the  largest  establishment  of  its  kind 
in  the  world,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Wessell,  Nickel  &  Gross.  The  members  of 
this  firm  are  all  practical  and  thoroughly  skilled  in  their  business,  and 
have  been  residents  of  this  country  respectively  since  1S40,  1805  and  1807. 
They  formed  this  co-partnership  in  1874,  and  at  once  developed  a  very 


large  and  substantial  trade,  which  grew  tn  such  proportions  that  in  order 
to  meet  its  demands  with  better  facilities  they  moved  to  their  present 
address  in  1S78.  Here  they  occu))y  very  spacious  and  commodious  prem- 
ises, comprising  six  floors,  .50  x  100  feet,  and  five  floors,  25  x  100  feet,  next 
door  to  their  office;  also  five  floors,  90  x  100  feet  each  on  West  4eth  Street, 
adjoining  the  West  45t]i  Street  buildings,  while  the  lumber-yard  covei  s  an 
area  of  100  x  100  feet;  also  an  ell  .50  x  100  feet  in  dimensions.  The  facto- 
ries are  fully  equipped  with  all  the  latest  improved  special  tools,  machinery 
and  appliances,  including  a  150  horse-power  engine,  while  steady  employ- 


ment is  furnished  a  force  of  five  hundred  skilled  artists  and  workmen, 
whose  operations  are  conducted  under  the  personal  supervision  of  the 
members  of  the  firm.  The  lumber-yard  is  fully  stocked  at  all  times,  which 
is  ke))t  until  it  is  thoroughly  seasoned  before  being  used,  and  embraces  all 
the  best  varieties  of  wood  for  this  industry.  The  firm  manufacture 
actions  for  grand,  upright  and  square  pianos,  which  are  made  of  the  very 
best  materials  and  finished  in  the  most  artistic  style.  Through  the  various 
improvements  they  have  made  in  their  productions  they  are  able  to  jno- 


duce  an  action  whose  capacity  for  rapid  re])etiti<)n  of  tones  is  greatly 
increased  over  the  ordinary,  and  which  responds  instantly  to  the  touch  of 
the  performer,  producing  great  volume,  ])urity  and  sweetness  of  tone; 
delicacy,  smoothness  and  crispness.  Their  trade  extends  throughout  the 
United  States  and  Canada,  and  as  the  fame  of  their  goods  has  reached  the 
trade  in  Europe  they  are  receiving  orders  for  the  instruments  from  promi- 
nent piano  houses  there.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  men  of  sterling 
business  ability,  members  of  various  German  societies  and  social  clubs, 
and  highly  esteemed  in  social  and  business  circles. 


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SMI  TH  it  (i.VVI.OK.  ('lupc'iiU'i-Builders  ami  General  Contractors,  Xo. 
ns  East  llOtli  Street.— Mr.  Clarence  W.  (iaylor,  of  the  above  tirni,  is 
favorably  known  in  the  ear))enter  and  builders'  trade  all  over  the 
city.    .Since  they  formed  the  lirni  the  house  has  gained  a  reputation 
that  is  unsurpassed.    They  do  all  sorts  of  Ihie  carpenter-builders"  work,  and 

are  also  ijeneral 
contractors,  and 
the  ir  facilities 
enable  them  to 
undertake  work 
in  this  line  at 
the  shortest  iio- 
t  i  c  6,  and  a  t 
prices  that  can- 
not be  rivaled. 
T  h  e  i  r  factory 
and  workshop, 
located  at  the 
above  address, 
o-  i  V  6  employ- 
ment to  a  larne 
force  of  skilled 
hands.  All  the 
work  done  by 
them,  from  the 
largest  to  the 
smallest  job.  is 
guaranteed,  and 
no  house  stands 
liiuhcr  as  to  re- 
liability, while 
the  lirm  are 
sought  after  by 
1  arge  contrac- 
t  o  rs,  builders 
a  n  (1  property 
owners.  Among 
the  line  work 
done  by  them 
may  be  m  e  n- 
t  i  o  II  e  d  the 
Twelfth  Ward 
Savings  IJ  a  nk, 
1  2  .")  th  Street; 

the  Cameron  aiKirtment  house,  at  12()th  Street  and  St.  Nicholas  Avenue,  one 


of  the  finest  apartment  houses  in  the  city,  having  forty-nine  apartments,  and 
all  finished  in  hardwood  and  finely  carved.  They  did  the  fine  cabinet  work 
in  the  apartment  house  at  No.  1.50  West  ;Jt)th  Street,  which  is  the  finest 
twenty-live  foot  double  apartment  house  in  the  metroi)olis.  Gieat  credit  is 
also  due  for  the  fine  work  done  by  them  in  the  residence  of  Mi.  Frederic 
r.  Foster,  at  84tli  Street  and  West  End  .\ venue,  as  also  many  others.  The 
reputation  gained  by  this  house  is  the  result  of  hard  work  on  the  part  of  the 
members  of  the  firm,  and  the  many  years  of  experience  they  possess.  Both 
members  are  well-known  New  Yorkers,  antl  long  connected  with  this  line. 
Mr.  Smith,  the  senior  partner,  has  been  engaged  in  manufacturing  doors, 
trim,  etc.,  for  the  past  thirty-one  years.  He  is  the  founder  of  the  well- 
known  firm  of  .Jarvis  15.  Smith,  and  is  also  a  prominent  Free  Mason,  being 
a  Mystic  Shriner  and  Knight  Temidar;  while  Mr.  Clarence  W.  Gaylor,  the 
junior  partner,  and  his  nephew,  and  general  manager  of  the  firm,  has  been 
identified  with  this  line  all  his  life.  When  a  boy,  twenty-six  years  ago,  he 
entered  the  office  of  Mr.  Smith,  and  has  since  continued  to  devote  all  his 
time  and  energies  to  the  business.  From  the  modest  beginning  of  an  office 
boy  he  has  worked  his  way  up  by  degrees  until  he  became  a  partner  in  the 
caipenter  and  building  firm  and  general  manager  of  the  manufacturing 
business.  He  is  a  member  and  one  of  the  board  of  managers  of  the  Build- 
ing Trades  Club  of  New  York,  a  member  of  the  Mechanics'  and  Traders' 
Exchange,  the  General  Society  of  Mechanics  and  Traders  of  New  York, 
(which  is  the  oldest  organization  of  its  kind  in  this  country),  the  American 
Legion  of  llonoi'.  and  a  very  prominent  Free  Mason,  being  a  Mystic 
Shriller  and  a  Knight  Templar.  He  is  one  of  the  founders  of  the  village  of 
•'  .\rthur  Manor,"  Scarsdale,  N.  Y.,  which  was  only  a  short  time  ago  a  wil- 
derness, but  through  Mr.  Gaylor's  enterprise  has  won  a  promising  future. 
He  is  now  justice  of  the  peace,  and  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Health  at  that 
l)lace.  president  of  the  Arthur  Suburban  Home  Company,  president  of  the 
(irand  View  Land  Company  of  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  treasurer  of  the 
Scarsdale  Water  Company,  trustee  of  the  Scarsdale  Fire  Company,  a 
director  of  the  Twelfth  Ward  Bank,  125th  Street  and  Lexington  Avenue, 
New  York,  and  is  now  building  a  large  theatre  for  Greater  New  York  at 
142d  Street  and  Third  Avenue,  at  a  cost  of  !t;40(),()()0,  which  will  occupy  110 
feet  on  142d  Street  and  Third  Avenue,  and  114  feet  on  Alexander  Avenue. 
Taking  the  total  of  Mr.  (Jaylor's  career,  it  will  be  found  that  he  is  crowd- 
ing closely  for  supremacy  in  all  his  undertakings.  He  is  yet  a  young  man, 
and  is  only  at  the  beginning  of  a  long  business  and  political  career. 

KNIEKING  &  SPALCKHAVEK,  Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in 
Brass  (ioods  and  Plumbers'  Materials,  No.  17!)  Grand  Street.— This 
csta-blishment  was  originally  founded  in  1S44,  and  in  .January, 
1S!I4,  the   ])rcsent  firm  came   into  control,  succeeding  Messrs. 
Kniering  &   Souder,   their    immediate    predecessors.    The  copartners. 
Messrs.  Conrad  Kniering  and  George  Spalckliaver,  have  had  mature  expe- 


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I'ience  in  their  present  line  of  business,  iuul  are  perfectly  conversant  with 
all  its  requirements.  The  ineuiises  occupietl  comprise  a  store,  ;jO  x  7o  feet 
in  climLMisions.  conveniently  litted  nj).  and  here  may  at  all  times  be  found 
a  lar<;e,  complete  assoitment  of  brass  goods  and  plumbers"  mateiials, 
bowls,  water  closets,  bath  tubs,  urinals,  boilers,  piping,  etc.,  also  faucets  of 
all  kinds  for  the  beer  and  liquor  trades,  and  the  firm  are  sole  proprietors 
of  the  •' Soffe  .Self-Closing  Faucet,"  an  article  unequalled  for  utility,  effi- 
ciency and  durability.  Six  workmen  are  employed  and  special  attention  is 
given  to  repairing,  lirst-class  work  being  assured  in  every  instance. 

THE  BOWERY  SAVINGS  BANK,  Xos.  128  and  130  Bowery.— The 
enormous  accretion  of  cajiital  as  represented  by  the  official  state- 
ment of  the  Bowery  Savings  Bank  abundantly  demonstrates  the 
thrift  and  prosperity  of  the  people,  who  aie  better  represented  as 
a  class  by  this  bank  than  by  any  other  institution  in  the  metropolis.  It 
has  tlie  greatest  amount  of  deposits  and  assets  of  any  bank  in  the  United 
.States,  and  113, .'jOO  depositors:  while  it  has  always  specially  aimed  to 
encourage  saving  among  the  poorer  classes,  and  for  that  reason  refuses  to 
take  more  than  .S.jOO.OO  in  one  deposit  or  more  than  SI, 000.00  from  any 
depositor  in  one  year.  There  is  no  bank  either  in  the  United  States  or  the 
world  so  safely  and  commodiously  housed,  its  mammoth  bank  building 
being  the  largest  structure  of  the  kind  on  the  face  of  the  globe.  This 
bank  was  chartered  in  1834,  in  response  to  the  urgent  demand  of  the  com- 
munity for  a  savings  institution  to  be  located  in  the  Bowery,  north  of 
Grand  Street.  The  most  eminent  and  public-spirited  citizens  were  chosen 
as  trustees,  and  the  bank  began  business  under  the  most  favorable  aus- 
pices, which  has  been  followed  by  a  career  of  unexampled  prosperity  and  a 
rigid  observance  of  the  soundest  principles  governing  banking  and  finance. 
The  bank  has  always  occupied  the  present  site,  its  building  being  wholly 
devoted  to  its  use — as  is  the  case  with  nearly  all  Philadelphia  banks,  and 
should  be  with  those  of  New  York.  The  building  is  constructed  of 
Indiana  limestone  with  a  solid  granite  base,  and  is  massive  and  imposing, 
ell-shaped,  having  a  fifty-foot  fronton  the  Bowery  and  running  back  one 
hundred  feet,  and  one  hundred  feet  square  on  both  Grand  and  Elizabeth 
Streets.  Plenty  of  light  and  air  and  the  greatest  security  from  fire  and 
robbery  are  secured  for  this  bank,  and  it  enjoys  greater  safeguards  than 
almost  any  other  like  institution  in  the  city.  The  main  entrance  on  the 
Bowery  has  recently  been  rebuilt,  and  now  has  massive  fluted  columns  on 
each  side  of  the  entrance  while  the  interior  is  a  model  of  liandsome  dignity 
and  convenience.  A  veiy  large  business  is  done  here  smoothly  and  effi- 
ciently and  the  bank's  enviable  record  and  magnificent  financial  showing 
reflects  the  highest  credit  upon  the  officers  and  trustees,  who  are  as  fol- 
lows, viz: — John  P.  Townsend,  president;  John  D.  Hicks,  first  vice-presi- 
dent; Pvobert  Maclay,  second  vice-president;  Robert  Leonard,  secretary; 


Isaac  1'.  Mailler.  assistant  secrctaiy;  Henry  Bai  row.  Aaron  Field,  Wni.  II. 
.S.  Wood,  Enoch  Ketcham,  William  II.  Paisons,  William  II.  Ilurlbut, 
William  V.  Brokaw,  .Samuel  II.  .Seaman.  Edw.ard  ('.  .Sampson,  .James  W. 
Cromwell.  .John  ,J.  .Sinclair,  William  Dowd.  Charles  Griffen,  David  S. 
Taber,  Washington  Wilson,  Isaac  .S.  Piatt,  P>ugene  Underhill,  George  E. 
Hicks,  John  W.  (Cochrane,  Octavius  D.  Baldwin,  (ieorge  H.  Robinson, 
(ieorge  Jeremiah,  Henry  C.  Berlin,  Chas.  E.  Bigelow,  H.  Blaiichard 
Dominick,  C.  Lawrence  Perkins,  Robert  M.  (iallaway,  Corcellus  H. 
Hackett,  Robert  B.  Woodward.  Charles  T.  Cook.  John  W.  Aitken,  Charles 
Scribner,  Charles  R.  Henderson,  Francis  T.  White,  William  M.  .Spacknian^ 
Henry  A.  Rogers,  Mark  M.  .Maclay,  Edward  D.  Faulkner  and  Joel  B. 
Erhardt,  trustees.  These  are  all  familiar  names,  those  of  respected 
citizens  and  representative  business  men,  whose  standing  in  this  city  is 
alone  sufficient  guarantee  of  the  stability  and  integrity  of  the  bank's 
management.  The  as.sets  of  the  bank  on  October  1,  1890,  wei  e  §62,700,403.9.5; 
due  depositors,  S-50,S63,79ij.6C. 


WILLIAM  WICKE  COMPANY,  Cigar  Boxes,  Labels  and  Ribbons, 
Cigar  Manufactureis'  Supplies,  First  Avenue  and  31st  Street. 
— Tliis  is  the  oldest  concern  of  the  kind  in  the  city  and  the 
largest  in  the  world.  It  is  perfectly  equii>ped  and  has  un- 
equalled productive  facilities,  and  its  products  .are  in  steady  demand 
throughout  the  entire  country.  This  flourishing  enterjjrise  had  inception 
in  1848,  and  was  started  by  George  Wicke,  who  died  in  187-"),  when  the 
piesent  company  was  organized.  The  concern  is  an  incorporated  one,  and 
is  officered  as  follows,  viz: — William  Wicke.  president;  August  Roesler, 
treasurer,  and  Julius  Brandes,  secretary.  They  are  manufacturers  of  cigar 
boxes,  labels,  and  ribbons,  and  dealers  in  cigar-box  lumber  and  cigar 
manufacturers'  supplies  generally.  Their  factory  here  is  an  immense  six- 
story  and  basement  structure,  with  an  ell  extension  from  31st  to  32nd 
.Streets,  and  there  are  large  himber-yards,  capacious  drying-rooms,  etc. 
in  connection.  The  various  departments  are  provided  with  the  latest 
improved  machinevy  and  appliances  pertaining  thereto,  including  steam 
saw  mills,  etc.  The  facilities  for  label  printing  and  ribbon  weaving  are  of 
the  most  superior  character,  and  about  one  thousand  hands,  all  told,  are 
eniiiloyed  here.  The  company  have  a  branch  factory,  also,  at  Tampa, 
Fla. ;  and  can  turn  out  about  28,000  or  more  cigar  boxes  in  ten  hours. 
They  carry  always  an  exceedingly  large  and  fine  stock  and  can  fill  orders 
on  shortest  notice,  and  at  lowest  prices.  William  Wicke,  the  president  of 
the  company,  is  the  foremost  expert  in  this  line  of  manufacture  in  the 
country.  He  began  in  the  business  at  the  bottom  rung  of  the  ladder  at 
the  age  of  fifteen  years  and  by  indomitable  effort  has  placed  himself  at 
the  head  of  the  largest  concern  of  the  kind  in  the  world. 


M  NEW  YORK-taSS.  W 


N .VXAIMO  COAL  MINING  COMPANY  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA, 
(Limited),  Nos.  17  and  1<.)  Broadway.— This  company  was  organized 
in  IWH),  under  Canadian  laws,  witli  a  capital  of  $:J,0()0.0()0,  divided 
into  :50,000  shares  of  $100  each.  They  own  a  large  and  valuable 
coal  mining  property  at  Nanaimo,  British  Columbia,  and  are  now  carrying 
on  mining  operations  u])on  an  extensive  scale.  Their  mines  have  a  daily 
output  of  1,000  tons  of  the  finest  bituminous  coal,  while  tlie  mines  are  well 
situated  as  regards  perfect  transportation  facilities,  having  large  docks  on 
the  property,  and  a  specialty  is  made  of  supplying  the  Pacific  Coast  and 
Northwestern  .States  and  the  steamship  trade.  Here  is  one  of  the  richest 
veins  of  bituminous  coal  on  tliis  continent,  and  the  coal  mined  is  recog- 
nized as  of  the  highest  quality  for  gas,  steam  or  domestic  purposes.  From 
200  to  250  hands  are  now  employed  at  the  mines,  and,  with  the  splendid 
pros])ects  before  it,  the  Nanaimo  is  certain  to  be  a  steady  dividend-payer. 
The  company  viill  issue  S.',,500,000  in  six  per  cent,  gold  debenture  bonds, 
interest  payable  July  1st  and  January  1st  of  each  year.  The  Western  Loan 
and  Trust  Company.  (Limited),  of  Montreal.  Canada,  with  a  capital  of 
82,000,000,  will  guarantee  and  pay  the  interest  on  the  entire  issue  until  the 
year  1900,  by  which  time  the  company  will  have  ample  means  to  protect 
botii  principal  and  interest.  The  president.  Dr.  G.  H.  Griffin,  is  also  presi- 
dent of  the  Suspension  Passenger  and  Ferry  Cable  Car  Company,  (Limited), 
the  National  Lead  Mining  and  Smelting  Company,  (Limited),  the  Manhat- 
tan Investors  and  Securities  Company,  the  Nassapequa  Improvement  Com- 
pany, and  the  Superior  Iron  Mining  Company  of  Michigan;  and  is  now  at 
the  New  York  office  of  this  company,  giving  its  interests  the  benefit  of  - his 
large  i)ractical  experience  and  personal  direction.  Hon.  A.  W.  Ogilvie,  the 
vice-president,  is  president  of  the  Investment  Company  of  Montreal,  and 
the  Western  Loan  and  Trust  Company,  (Limited),  and  vice-president  of 
the  Sun  Life  Insurance  Company,  of  Montreal.  Henry  T.  Bnell,  Esq.,  of 
New  York,  is  second  vice-president;  Arthur  J.  Cleveland,  of  New  Yoik,  is 
third  vice-president,  formerly  manager  of  Eastern  Townshi])  Bank  of 
Uichmond;  Thomas  D.  Jones,  of  Nanaimo,  British  Columbia,  is  assistant 
treasurer;  E.  V.  Machette,  of  New  York,  is  secretary,  also  secretary  of 
Labrador  Commercial  Company;  .lohn  R.  Cooke,  of  New  York,  assistant 
secretary;  H.  E.  Foxall,  managing  director.  No.  17  Broadway;  Charles  E. 
West,  manager  of  mines,  formerly  manager  of  Carterville  Coal  Company, 
of  Carterville,  Illinois;  A.  J.  Hill,  M.  A.,  C,  E.,  is  civil  engineer  at  mines, 
and  a  mining  expert  of  large  experience. 

DIMOCK  &  FINK,  Wrought  and  Cast  Iron  Pipe  and  Fittings,  Sup- 
plies for  Plumbers.  Steam  and  Gas  Fitters.  Etc.,  No.  80  .lohn 
Street. — 'I'he  individual  members  of  this  firm  are  Mr.  Otis  K. 
Dimock  and  Mr.  Martin  1).  Fink,  both  natives  of  this  city,  who 
have  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  this  business  by  years  of  practical 
experience.    They  are  the  recipients  of  a  very  liberal  and  substantial  pat- 


ronage, both  wholesale  and  retail,  extending  to  all  parts  of  •he  United 
States,  and  wherever  their  goods  have  been  introduced  they  have  met  with 
great  demand.  The  factory  and  uptown  establishment  of  the  firm  at  Nos. 
214  and  21(i  East  12.5th  Street  comprise  a  four-story  brick  building  with  two 
adjoining  l)asements,  each  .jO  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  which  are  fully 
equipped  with  all  the  latest  improved  special  machinery,  tools  and  appli- 
ances, including  steam  power,  and  steady  employment  is  furnished  a  full 
force  of  workmen.  The  range  of  products  embraces  all  kinds,  styles, 
shai)es  and  sizes  of  wrought  and  cast  iron  pipe  fittings,  tees,  ells,  expansion 
joints,  stop  cocks,  faucets,  and,  in  fact,  everything  in  the  line  of  plumbers', 
steam  and  gas  fitters'  supplies,  also  belting,  glasses  for  water  guages.  steam 
gauges,  steam  coil  and  standing  and  wall  registers  for  steam  heating,  etc. 
'ITiey  are  also  sole  manufacturers  of  C.  H.  Moore's  sanitary  specialties,  and 
are  manufacturers  of  general  supplies  for  mills,  factories,  etc.  A  full  and 
complete  stock  is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  and  the  trade  is  supplied  at 
lowest  rates.  The  John  Street  store  is  also  fully  equipped  and  provided 
with  every  facility  for  the  transaction  of  business,  and  a  full  and  complete 
assortment  of  their  products  is  kept  constantly  on  hand  here.  Estimates 
are  furnished,  and  contracts  of  any  size  are  entered  into  and  executed 
promptly  and  satisfactorily  at  bottom  figures.  A  specialty  is  made  of  por- 
celain lined  and  plainished  copper  bath  tubs  and  their  fixtures. 

UNITED  STATES  FUEL  AND  STOVE  COMPANY,  No.  23  Ferry 
Street.— This  company  are  manufacturers  of  "  Sestalit,"  a  mar- 
velous fuel,  and  also  make  portable  heaters,  cook  stoves,  carriage 
heaters  or  foot  warmers,  plate  warmers,  and  the  Eclipse  flat 
irons,  in  which  this  fuel  is  used.  It  burns  in  any  stove,  but  is  more  eco- 
nomical in  their  heaters  and  cook  stoves  especially  manufactured  under 
their  patents.  It  emits  no  odor  and  generates  no  deleterious  gas.  It  is 
cleanly  and  non-explosive,  and  leaves  but  a  very  small  percentage  of  ash. 
Its  qualities  are  of  the  most  perfect  nature,  and  it  is  free  from  all  the  ob- 
jectionable features  of  gas  or  oil.  It  ignites  easily,  its  combustion  is  -per- 
fect, it  creates  no  flame.  Their  portable  heaters  are  just  the  thing  for  all 
seasons  o  f  the  vear.  Those  who  have  the  "Sestalit"  in  use  are  most  en- 
thusiastic in  commending  it.  and  consider  it  the  greatest  invention  of  the 
kind  yet  patented.  These  facts  have  been  potent  in  building  up  a  wide- 
spread an.l  influential  patronage.  The  daily  consumption  of  fuel  for 
heaters  and  cook  stoves  is  from  two  to  four  pounds,  and  the  average  cost 
for  heating  is  one  cent  per  hour.  Illustrated  circulars  and  price  lists 
mailed  free.  Mr.  F.  Kaufman,  the  proprietor  of  this  company,  succeeded 
to  the  control  in  18t«,  and  operates  factories  at  Bingliamton,  N.  Y.,  and 
lloboken,  N.  J.  He  is  at  the  head  of  the  firm  of  F.  Kaufman  &  Co., 
manufacturers  of  and  dealers  in  all  kinds  of  leather,  and  has  been  in  the 
leather  Inisiness  for  thirty  years,  being  eminently  successful  and  widely 
popular. 


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CITY  HALL  AND  PRINTING  HOUSE  SQUARE  FROM  BROADWAY. 

City  Hall.  American  Tract  Society 

World.  Sun,  Toumal.  Times, 

Tribune. 

Frankfort  Street  Spruce  Street. 


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ROCIIKSTEK  I. AMI'  ( OMI'AN V,  Manufactuiers  of  the  (:elel)iate(I 
Koi-hcstfi-  Lamp,  Nos.  42  Park  Place,  and  37  Barclay  .Street. — 
I'pou  the  introduction  of  coal  sjas  for  ilhiniinatiui;  purpo.ses  many 
rash  persons  predicted  the  entire  destruction  of  the  oil  lamp 
trade.  A  ii;lance  at  tlu^  business  done  by  -such  an  eminent  house  as  the 
Rochester  Lamp  (,'onipany,  of  this  city,  shows  how  far,  even  at  this  late 
date,  the  prediction  is  from  fulfillment.  Indeed,  it  demonstrates  that  as 
regaids  the  illumination  of  high-class  dwellings,  the  modern  peifected  oil 
lamp  is  in  stronfjly  growing  favor,  its  recrudescence  bein<^  the  response  to 
the  discovery  that  in  its  present  form,  as  presented  by  the  Kocliester  I^amp 
("ompany,  it  sheds  a  pure  white  glow  of  radiance  not  e(jualed  even  by  the 
electric  liuht;  that  in  its  liarmlessness  to  internal  decorations  it  almost 
rivals  electricity:  that  for  the  light  given,  measured  by  candle  power,  it  is 
more  economical  than  either  gas  or  electricity;  and  that,  in  the  artistic 
effects  to  which  it  lends  itself,  it  is  practically  without  a  competitor.  No- 
where can  this  be  so  fully  realized  as  at  the  establishment  of  the  Roches- 
ter Lamp  Company,  which  runs  completely  through  the  block,  with 
entrances  on  Park  Place  and  Barclay  Street,  and  which  is  emphatically  the 
largest  lamp  store  in  the  world.  To  write  a  description  of  this  gieat 
emporium  or  a  history  of  the  bu.siness  it  represents,  would  be  like  writing 
■"ancient  history,"  despite  the  fact  that  it  was  founded  but  scarce  ten 
years  ago;  for  the  reason  that  the  •' Rochester  Lamp"  has  bounded  at 
once  into  i)0pular  favor  and  its  sudden  rise  and  progress  has  bei'ome  so 
widely  proclaimed  that  he  who  runs  may  read  " — a  veritable  repetition  of 
'"Aladdin"  and  his  "' Wonderful  Lamp."  The  ""Aladdin"  of  our  day  is 
Mr.  Charles  .S.  Upton,  now  the  jnesideut  and  treasurer  of  the  Rochester 
Lamp  (Company,  who  found  a  lam]),  founded  a  company,  and  laid  the 
foundation  of  his  fortune — not  by  magic,  but  by  perseverance,  self-reliance, 
lirintcn's"  ink  and  singleness  of  purpose.  The  company  of  which  he  is  now 
the  honored  head  operates  four  immense  factories.  ein])loying  2,."j()0 
me(  liani('s  and  artisans,  with  warehouses  and  salesrooms  in  Paris.  Toronto. 
London  and  Xew  York,  and  a  patronage  that  embraces  the  four  quai  ters 
of  the  globe.  They  manufacture  over  ij.OOO  different  designs  and  varieties 
of  the  Rochester  and  New  Rochester  Lamp,  all  having  the  same  burner, 
invented  by  I,eonard  Henkle,  of  Rochester,  New  York,  who  conceived  the 
idea  of  forming  a  cap  or  thimble,  its  sides  all  round  being  filled  with 
small  holes,  like  a  pepi)er  box  cover,  and  i)utting  it  over  the  top  of  the 
central  draft  tube,  letting  the  air  come  u])  the  tube  and  pass  to  the 
Hanie  through  all  these  holes.  The  number  of  Rochester  lamps  now  sold 
is  over  a  million  a  year:  many  of  them  are  most  artistic,  and  pi'ices  range 
all  the  way  from  seventy-five  cents  to  $200.  Here  are  the  "  Rochester  " 
and  the  ""New  Rochester" — double  circular  flame — piano,  student,  hall, 
banquet,  library  and  other  lamps.  Dealers  should  send  for  their  beau- 
tifully illustrated  iUi-page  art  catalogue.  They  made  an  exhibit  at  Chicago, 
costing  .'^;^."),00(),  and  captured  the  four  highest  awards.  This  is  but  a  sup- 
l)lement  of  their  success  at  London  and  Paris.    They  also  make  oil  and 


gas  stoves,  and  a  i)arlor  heater  that  is  recommended  by  Russell  Sage  and 
other  eminent  men.  The  officers  of  this  company  are:  Charles  S.  Upton, 
president  and  treasurer;  James  U.  Pomeroy,  vice-president;  Matthew  \V. 
Hawes,  secretai-y.  These  gentlemen  are  true  tyi)es  of  the  wideawake, 
))ushing  New  Yorker,  and  are  to  be  congratulated  upon  their  brilliant, 
lasting  and  well-deserved  success. 

GEXEKAL  FIKE  EXTL\GUISHER  COMPANY,  E.  O.  Richards, 
Department  Agent,  No.  413  Broadway. — This  company  was  or- 
ganizeil  on  the  first  of  January,  1893.  The  executive  offices  are 
in  Providence,  and  the  New  York  office  as  above  in  charge  of 
Mr.  E.  O.  Richards.  They  make  contracts  for  the  fitting  out  of  buildings 
with  the  Grinnell  automatic  sprinkler,  including  warehouses,  elevators, 
stores,  factories,  mills  and  mercantile  property  in  general.  All  modern 
ai)i)liances  for  extinguishing  Hres  aim  at  prom])tness  at  the  point  of  dan- 
ger. A  pail  of  water  at  the  beginning  will  extinguish  any  lire,  provided 
the  pail  of  water  is  there  and  some  one  to  use  it.  The  Giinnell  sprinkler 
is  itself  the  first  pail,  but  it  requires  no  human  agency  to  operate  it.  It  is 
on  duty  night  and  day.  It  is  opened  autcmiatically  by  the  heat  of  the  fire, 
and  confines  damage,  whether  by  fii'e  or  water,  to  a  limited  area  and 
minimum  amount.  It  has  operated  in  1732  fires,  with  no  failures,  and  is  in 
steady  and  increasing  demand  all  over  the  world.  Tlje  officers  of  the 
General  Fire  Extinguisher  Company  are  as  follows:  vjz,,  Frederick  Griu- 
nell,  piesident;  <).  C.  Barber,  vice-jiresident;  W.  S.  Hackney,  treasurer;  F. 
W.  Hartwell.  secretary :  F.  H.  Maynard.  general  business  manager.  Presi- 
dent Giinnell  is  the  inventor  and  patentee  of  the  sprinkler,  and  a  much- 
esteemed  citizen  of  Providence,  and  he  and  his  coadjutors  in  the  manage- 
ment are  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  distiiiguiKhed  success  they  have 
achieved  in  their  special  field  of  usefulness.  In  coiiiiectioii  with  the  Grin- 
nell  Automatic  .Sprinkler,  the  Automatic  Fire-^larm  and  Extinguisher 
Company,  (Limited),  are  installing  their  Watkins  Automatic  Fire  Alarm, 
which  has  been  in  extensive  use  for  many  years,  and  has  to  its  credit  the 
early  detection  of  fires  far  beyond  any  other  device  of  this  character.  It  is 
approved  by  tire  departments  and  fire  underwriters  everywhere,  and  insur- 
ance companies  offer  a  decided  reduction  of  rates  where  it  is  in  use.  Up- 
wards of  one  thousand  buildings  in  New  York  City  alone  are  protected  by 
this  device,  besides  many  in  other  cities.  The  Watkins  embraces  a  series 
of  thermostats,  or  heat  detectors,  placed  at  frecjuent  intervals  along  the 
ceilings  of  floors,  made  to  automatically  sound  an  alarm  at  the  office  of  the 
company  when  the  heat  reaches  a  cei  tain  degree.  From  the  office  of  the 
company  the  alarm  is  instantly  transferred  to  the  fire  department  and  in- 
surance patrol,  designating  the  exact-  location  of  the  fire,  street  nnmliei- 
and  floor.  It  is  in  use  in  this  city  in  the  buildings  of  the  IT.  B.  Clatlin 
ComiKiny,  Arnold.  Constable  &  Co.,  Mills  &  (riblis,  I!.  IT.  Macy  &  Co., 
Rogers,  Peet  &  Co.,  Seigel-Cooper  Company  and  others. 


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THE  AMEKICAX  CREDIT-IXDEMXITY  COMPANY,  of  New  York, 
Xos.  305  to  309  Broadway. — This  company  issue  bonds  of  indem- 
nity guaranteeing  against  excessive  loss  through  insolvent  debt- 
ors. Based  upon  the  volume  of  sales  and  character  of  business, 
and  the  experience  of  a  Arm  as  to  losses,  they  agree  upon  a  certain  per- 
centage of  loss  which  a  firm  shall  first  bear  as  their  own  loss,  or  the 
amount  a  firm  must  first  lose,  and  they  indemnify  against  loss  in  excess  of 
this  agreed  percentage.  The  danger  line  commences  when  the  merchant 
loses  ou  his  sales  a  greater  percentage  than  that  which  he  can  aiford  to 
lose,  and  against  this  excess  the  merchant  has  protection  in  this  company's 
Bond  of  Indemnity.  The  company  covers  only  those  losses  on  debtors 
who  are  rated  in  the  mercantile  agency  books  at  the  time  of  the  shipment  of 
goods.  The  applicant  is  privileged  to  select  either  one  of  the  mercantile 
agencies  he  may  prefer  as  the  basis  for  credits.  The  company  limits  its 
liability,  based  upon  the  ratings  of  the  mercantile  agency  so  designated  by 
the  applicant,  in  the  same  manner  as  a  merchant  limits  a  line  of  credit  to  a 
customer.  For  instance,  on  a  party  rated  G.  3  or  U.  (".,  which  denotes  a 
capital  of  SS.OOO  to  slO,000,  such  account  would  be  covered  for  a  stated 
and  agreed  percentage  of  the  lowest  capital  rating.  As  a  matter  of  illus- 
tration, say  this  agreed  percentage  is  20?  of  So.OOO,  the  lowest  capital  rat- 
ing, which  is  81,000.  The  company  also  allows  a  limit  on  any  single 
account,  varying  in  amount  according  to  the  nature  and  requirements  of 
the  business  of  the  applicant.  Notices  of  all  claims  must  be  filed  with 
the  company  within  ten  days  after  the  merchant  receives  knowledge  of 
the  insolvency  of  his  debtor.  Blanks  for  this  purpose  are  furnished  hy  the 
company.  At  the  expiration  of  the  bond,  the  merchant,  having  reported 
excessive  loss,  is  to  send  in  a  final  abstract  or  statement  of  all  claims  for 
lt)ss  filed  during  the  period  of  the  bond,  and  ample  time  after  a  bond 
expires  is  allowed  to  a  merchant  for  this  statement  to  be  made  up. 
Within  sixty  days  after  the  receipt  by  the  company  of  such  final  statement, 
the  adjustment  is  made,  and  the  ascertained  liability  is  then  paid  spot 
cash.  In  adjusting  losses  under  the  bond,  the  company  deducts  all 
amounts  obtained,  realized  or  actually  obtainable.  12i^  is  deducted  from 
the  net  sum  remaining,  in  consideration  of  which  all  claims  remain  the 
property  of  the  merchant.  Under  this  adjustment,  the  company  does  not 
interfere  with  settlements  a  bond-holder  might  desire  to  make  with  insol- 
vent debtors.  They  also  write  a  combination  bond,  under  which  they  cover 
all  inferior  ratings  in  addition  to  the  ratings  covered  by  the  regular  bond. 
These  inferior  ratings  are  embraced  in  the  combination  bond  to  the  extent 
of  50!?  of  the  gross  loss  sustained;  such  gross  loss  on  the  inferior  ratings 
being  limited  to  an  agreed  amount  on  any  one  account,  and  also  as  to  the 
total  amount  of  such  gross  losses.  The  combination  privilege  is  a  separate 
and  distinct  advantage  to  the  merchant,  and  allows  him  to  prove  up  all  the 
inferior  ratings,  in  addition  to  ratings  covered  by  the  schedule  of  ratings 
as  printed  in  the  regular  bond.    This  combination  bond,  therefore,  com- 


mands a  higher  premium  for  the  additional  risk  incurred  by  covering  the 
inferior  ratings.  A  merchant  will  get  a  far  better  understanding  of  the 
company's  workings  and  system  by  having  a  personal  interview  with  one 
of  their  agents,  who  will  call  upon  receipt  of  your  request.  Following  is 
the  re])ort  of  the  examination  made  by  the  New  York  State  Insurance 
Commissioners,  .September,  181tG:  Assets:  Bonds  owned,  U.  S.  liegistered, 
2^  loan,  18'J1,  par  value  .$100,000,  market  value  -$100,000;  U.  S.  Registered, 
4%  loan,  11)07,  par  value  $100,000,  market  value  $105,000;  certifi<-ate  of 
deposit  in  Merchants  Laclede  National  liank.  St.  Louis,  $25,250.00; 
Deposit  in  Merchants  Laclede  National  bank,  $27,'.U0.0fi;  Deposit  in 
National  Bank  of  the  Republic,  N.  Y.,  $.50,000.00;  Interest  accrued  on  bonds, 
$l,l(i0.(j6;  estimated  value  of  accounts,  purchased  on  jiaynient  of  losses, 
$7,542.74;  gross  ])remiums  in  course  of  collection,  $32,(i;i5.00 ;  bills  receiv- 
able taken  for  premiums,  $11,542.25 — total  assets  $301,046.71.  Li.\bilities : 
Net  amount  of  unpaid  losses,  $4,997.07;  unearned  premiums  at  .50;?  of  same, 
S105,734..5S;  commissions  due  on  premiums  in  course  of  collection, -$5,3.58.21 
—total  liabilities.  $110.()69.8(i.  Capital  stock.  $200,000.00;  surplus  beyond 
capital  and  liabilities,  .$44,976.85 — Aggregate  Liabilities,  $301,046.71.  The 
executive  officers  of  the  company  are  as  follows,  viz:— Sidney  M.  I'belan, 
president;  A.  L.  .Shapleigh.  vice-]Hesident;  Samuel  D.  Winter,  treasuier; 
Edwin  M.  Treat,  secretary ;  Victor  M.  Abraham,  general  manager. 

THE  LE  ROY  SALT  CO.MPANY.  John  C.  Moses,  Selling  Agent,  Man- 
ufacturers of  the  Best  .Salt  in  the  Market.  No.  110  Hudson  Street. 
— This  company,  whose  woiks  are  located  at  Le  Roy,  Genesee 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  was  organized  in  1883,  with  ample  capital,  and  is 
officered  as  follows,  viz : — Charles  L.  Prentice,  president;  Calvin  Keeney. 
secretary  and  treasurer;  .John  P.  .Samson,  general  manager.  Their  salt 
works  are  the  best  e(iuii)i)ed  of  any  in  Western  New  York,  and  are  the 
only  ones  in  the  field  whose  output  was  increased  in  1895.  which  increase 
was  directly  owing  to  the  (juality  of  the  jiroduct.  The  company  own  and 
operate  eight  salt  wells,  which  are  800  to  1.000  feet  deep,  and  suiii)lied 
with  all  pumping  facilities,  and  have  a  capacity  of  l,.5O0  barrels  or  fifteen 
carloads  of  salt  per  day.  The  plant  is  on  the  line  of  the  N.  Y.  C.  &  H.  R.. 
Erie,  and  Rochester  and  Pittsburgh  Railroads,  and  within  a  few  miles  of  the 
Lehigh  Valley,  D.  L.  &  AV'.,  and  West  Shore  Railroads.  The  output  com- 
I>rises  table  and  dairy  salt,  i)ut  up  in  all  kinds  of  packages,  sacks,  barrels, 
and  cartons,  and  only  the  highest  grade  goods  are  produced.  Their  "  Per- 
fection "  brand  of  salt  is  exactly  what  its  name  implies.  Mr.  Moses,  the 
selling  agent  in  this  city,  supplies  the  jobbing  trade  throughout  New  York, 
New  .Jersey,  New  England  and  the  South.  He  is  a  New  Yorker  by  birth, 
in  the  salt  trade  for  twenty  years,  formerly  with  the  Eureka  .Salt  Manu- 
facturing Company  of  Now  York.  acce])ting  his  present  position  in  1890, 
and  is  deservedly  jiopular  in  trade  circles. 


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41  NEW  YORK- 1896.  Jl» 


AMERICAN  AIR  POWER  COMPANY,  Air  Power  for  Surface  and 
Elevated  Railways  and  Industrial  Uses,  No.  IGO  Broadway. — Great 
as  has  been  the  revolution  wrought  by  steam  and  electricity  as  a 
motive  power,  a  still  greater  change  is  now  to  be  wrought  by  com- 
pound air.  The  American  Air  Power  Company  has  made  a  sjiecialty  of 
devcl()i>ing  the  best  methods  for  the  transmission  of  power,  and  have 
solved  the  problem  successfully,  placing  the  world  in  possession  of  this 
new  motive  force  upon  the  most  practical,  reliable  and  economic  basis. 
They  control  the  ))atents  of  American  inventois,  which  are  the  result  of 
many  years  of  study  and  test,  and  are  far  superior  to  those  of  Europe. 
This  company  was  organized  in  189.5,  under  the  laws  of  New  Jersey,  with  a 
capital  of  .^i  1,2.50,000,  and  is  officered  and  managed  as  follows,  viz:  E.  A. 
Willard,  president;  Edward  Comstock,  vice-i)resident;  Henry  Marquand, 
treasurer;  Samuel  Lee,  secretary;  Henry  U.  Cooke,  general  manager;  E. 
E.  Pettee,  engineer.  The  company  are  introducing  their  motors  for  railway 
service,  and  cars  equipped  with  air  motoi  s  have  been  in  operation  in  Rome, 
New  York,  since  1894.  The  success  of  their  motors  has  been  little  less  than 
phenomenal,  and  their  perfect  operation  has  commanded  the  admiration 
of  the  most  eminent  exjierts.  The  air  street  motor  is  run  through  the 
heat  of  summer  and  the  extreme  cold  of  winter  with  equal  reliability.  It 
is  maintained  at  a  remarkably  low  cost,  operated  cheaply  and  can  attain 
any  required  speed.  Eight  more  motors  have  just  been  completed  for 
street  railroad  service  in  Chicago  and  New  York.  These  cars  are  of  the 
same  pattern  and  general  appeaiance  as  the  Broadway  cable  cars.  They 
can  be  charged  in  one  minute  at  a  terminal  station  with  sufficient  air  to 
run  the  extreme  distance  of  ordinary  service.  The  beauties  of  the  system 
are  readily  appreciated  when  once  introduced,  and  comprise  both  safety, 
economy  and  convenience.  The  company  is  rapidly  extending  its  business 
and  has  received  the  most  flattering  testimonials  from  its  patrons,  uniting 
in  praise  of  the  perfect  action  and  reliability  of  its  motors,  which  are 
safer  and  much  less  expensive  than  steam  or  electricity,  while  the  freedom 
from  smoke,  vapor,  ashes,  cinders,  odor,  noise  and  liability  of  explosion 
make  it  more  desirable  than  steam,  and  its  simplicity,  safety  and  controla- 
bility  make  it  preferable  to  electric  or  cable  systems.  The  air  power  sys- 
tem is  jtcrfectly  safe.  The  results  in  its  use  are  positively  marvelous,  and 
lirmly  establish  the  air  motor  as  the  power  of  the  future  for  street  and 
railway  service.  The  cable,  which  is  the  most  extravagant  in  cost  and 
running  expenses,  in  loss  of  power  through  friction,  sharp  curves,  gradi- 
ents, etc.,  and  in  heavy  wear  and  tear,  of  any  method  of  propulsion,  has 
got  to  go.  A  crisis  has  arrived;  the  public  will  no  longer  endure  horses  as 
the  motive  ])ower,  and  in  view  of  the  enormous  cost  and  great  waste  of 
cable  seivice,  and  the  uncontrolaljility  and  danger  of  electric  cars  on 
our  streets,  the  air  motor  affords  the  only  feasible  solution  of  this  impor- 
tant <iucstion.    As  regards  cost,  the  comparison  is  startling,  as  the  air  me- 


dium requires  less  initial  outlay,  less  cost  of  maintenance  and  is  less  liable 
to  interrui)tion  of  service.  In  Paris,  in  Berne  and  in  Nantes,  compressed 
air  motors  have  been  in  successful  operation  for  ten  years,  and  the  use  of 
compressed  air  on  the  Continent  is  rapidly  increasing.  This  power  is  now 
being  applied  to  the  125th  Street  line  in  this  city,  where  some  of  the  cars 
are  running. 

ALLEKTON,  CLARKE  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  and  Manufacfr 
urers'  Agents  for  Hardware,  Tools  and  Specialties,  No.  97  Cham- 
bers Street  and  No.  79  Reade  Street. — Among  the  many  notable 
business  houses  established  in  New  York  in  recent  years,  few,  if 
any,  are  more  worthy  of  special  mention  than  that  of  the  Allerton,  Clarke 
Company.  The  firm  is  a  prominent  and  a  representative  one,  and  is 
widely  and  favorably  known  in  the  hardware  trade.  This  is  an  incor- 
porated concern,  and  has  a  large  capital.  It  was  organized  under  the  laws 
of  the  state  of  New  York,  in  1898,  and  from  the  start  the  enteri)rise  has 
been  an  eminently  successful  venture.  Samuel  W.  Allerton  is  president 
of  the  company;  C.  C.  Clarke,  treasurer,  and  C.  A.  R<isecrans,  secretary. 
The  gentlemen  liere  named  are  all  men  of  business  ability  and  experience, 
and  stand  high  in  commeicial  circles.  The  Allerton,  Claike  Company  are 
manufacturers  of  and  manufacturers'  agents  for  the  sale  of  hardware, 
tools  and  specialties.  They  are  interested  in  several  manufacturing  plants 
and  represent  a  number  of  works.  They  have  agencies  of  the  Lockwood 
Manufacturing  Company,  the  Richmond  Bicycle  Company,  the  Union 
Lock  &  Hardware  Company,  the  C.  J.  Kimball  Company,  the  Sag  Harbor 
Tool  Comjiany,  the  Beardsley  Manufacturing  Company,  the  Ford  Bit  Com- 
pany; also  the  Arcade  File  Works,  the  Allerton  Lubricant  Company,  the 
Nilcs  Manufacturing  Company,  the  E.  .Jenkes  Manufacturing  Company, 
the  Nashua  Iron  &  Brass  Foundry  Company,  the  Economy  Manufacturing 
Company,  and  11.  M.  Meyers  Company,  and  have  a  western  branch  in 
Chicago.  They  handle  a  variety  of  articles,  and  carry  a  complete  line  of 
builders'  hardware.  They  sell  to  dealers  throughout  the  United  States 
and  Canada,  and  their  export  business  is  steadily  growing,  their  annual 
sales  being  of  large  magnitude.  The  company  occupy  spacious  premises^ 
wliich  run  through  the  block  from  Chambers  to  Reade  Streets.  Their 
office  and  salesrooms  arc  well  ordered  and  conveniently  arranged,  and  arc 
connected  by  telephone— "  370  Franklin."  They  employ  quite  a  large 
staff  in  this  city,  while  seventeen  salesmen  represent  the  concern  on  the 
road.  Mr.  Clarke,  the  treasurer  of  the  company,  is  in  charge  of  the  busi- 
ness here.  An  extensive  and  line  assortment  of  goods  is  constantly  car- 
ried in  stock  and  orders  are  carefully  and  promptly  lilled.  The  trade  is 
supplied  at  lowest  possible  prices,  and  the  house  is  prepared  to  offer 
special  inducements  on  extra  large  purchases,  thorough  satisfaction  being 
assured. 


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95 


FRANK  R.  LONG,  Contractor  and  Manufacturers"  Agent,  Bridges, 
Iron  Kools,  Buildings,  Jail  Cells  and  Ornamental  Iron  Work,  No. 
25:!  Broadway. — Prominent  among  New  York's  contractors  stands 
Mr.  Frank  R.  Long,  who  makes  a  specialty  of  structural  iron  and 
steel,  and  bridge  work.  He  established  himself  here  on  the  lirst  of  Janu- 
ary, ISiW,  and  is  well  equipped  for  the  business  in  every  particular.  He 
has  been  identified  with  structural  iron  work  all  his  life,  and  is  thoroughly 
versed  in  all  the  details  of  the  work  of  building  iron  and  steel  bridges, 
and  roofs,  jail  work,  and  ornamental  iron  work.  He  acts  as  agent  for  manu- 
facturers in  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey,  New  York,  Ohio  and  New  Eng- 
land, and  is  achieving  a  deservedly  high  prestige  for  his  success  in  the 
construction  of  economical  and  reliable  iron  and  steel  bridges  and  other 
.structures  of  the  highest  class.  By  his  ability,  skill,  and  sound,  judicious 
policy,  he  has  developed  a  patronage  of  great  and  growing  magnitude, 
and  has  won  an  enviable  name  for  reliability  and  responsibility  as  a  c(hi- 
tractor.  while  he  guarantees  the  best  and  most  lasting  work  on  all  his  con- 
tracts at  the  lowest  lates  of  cost.  Mr.  Long  is  a  native  of  Philadelphia, 
who  came  to  this  city  ten  years  ago.  and  is  a  j-oung  man  of  large  experience, 
expert  knowledge,  and  consummate  ability,  whose  future  is  secure. 

JAMES  LEFFEL  &  CO.,  Water  Wheels.  No.  110  Liberty  .Street.— 
With  the  study  of  hydraulics  the  various  applications  of  the  energy 
of  running  water  have  been  classified  into  two  general  divisions. 
The  overshot  and  breast  wheel,  and  the  turbine  wheels,  placed  on 
vertical,  or  horizontal  shafts,  and  are  submerged  in  the  water,  and  pro- 
vided with  curved  buckets  or  floats,  which  revolve  on  a  horizontal  or  ver- 
tical disk,  pi-ovided  with  guides  to  direct  the  impelling  stream  of  water, 
and  are  thus  made  to  revolve,  carrving  a  shaft  or  axis  running  through  the 
centre  common  to  the  wheel  and  the  disk.  The  James  Leffel  water  wheels 
are  the  best  representative  of  the  double  turbine  water  wheels  in  existence, 
and  are  manufactured  by  The  James  Leffel  A-  Company  at  .Springfield.  Ohio. 
This  firm  have  operated  a  branch  in  this  city  since  1ST2,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  Mr.  William  Jayne.  The  Leffel  wheel  has  been  on  the  market 
since  1SC2,  when  the  business  was  founded  at  Springfield,  by  the  inventor, 
Mr.  James  Leffel.  and  in  1S91  a  stock  company  was  formed  and  duly  incor- 
porated under  the  name  of  The  James  Leffel  &  Company,  with  Hon.  John 
W.  Bookwalter  as  president  ;  F.  M.  Bookwalter.  vice-president  and  treas- 
urer :  A.  L.  Claypool.  secretary.  Thej-  employ  a  large  number  of  skilled 
workmen,  and  make  l.")0  different  styles  and  sizes  of  turbine  wheels,  ranging 
from  one  horse  to  five  thousand  horse-power,  and  adapteil  for  all  purposes. 
They  have  just  completed  for  the  Niagara  Falls  Hydraulic  Company,  four 
turbine  wheels  of  two  thousand  horse-power  each.  Over  1.").000  James 
Leffel  wheels  are  now  in  use.  giving  over  SOO.OOO  horse-power,  and  no 
stronger  proof  of  their  great  merit  can  be  adduced.  The  New  York  office 
supplies  the  Eastern  trade  and  exports  in  large  quantities  to  all  portions  of 


the  globe.  The  company  also  build  imimlse  water  wheels,  adapted  to 
high  heads  up  to  2.U(J0  feet ;  also  portable  and  semi-portable  vertical  and 
horizontal  steam  engines  and  boilers  ;  also  self-contained,  return  tubular 
steel  boilers.    Illustrated  catalogues  mailed  on  application. 

PIERCE  WELL  ENGINEERING  AND  SUPPLY  COMPANY,  En- 
gineers and  Contractors  of  Water  Works,  Water  Supply,  Artesian 
Wells,  Etc.,  Charles  D.  Pierce,  Manager.  No.  123  Liberty  Street.— 
From  a  hygienic  point  of  view,  nothing  can  be  of  more  importance 
than  an  ample  supply  of  pure  water,  and  expei  ience  shows  that  there  is  no 
better  way  to  secure  this  desideratum  than  by  means  of  artesian  wells. 
The  leading  house  in  this  section  of  the  country  engaged  in  drilling  both 
artesian  and  oil  wells  is  that  of  the  Pierce  Well  Engineering  and  Sui)ply 
Company,  practical  artesian  and  oil  well  drillers,  engineers  and  con- 
tractors, and  manufacturers  of  everything  required  to  drill  and  comi>lete 
artesian,  oil  and  gas  wells  to  any  depth.  This  company  are  doing  a  large 
and  influential  business  as  contractors  for  sinking  wells  in  rock  or  earth 
for  domestic  and  manufacturing  purposes.  They  are  prepared  to  furnish 
and  install  a  complete  water  service,  including  wells,  pipes,  pumps,  wind- 
nulls  or  hot  air  engines.  The  artesian  wells  which  they  have  drilled  in 
New  York  City  effect  a  saving  of  over  one  million  dollars  per  annum  in 
water  rates.  Among  the  wells  drilled  in  this  city  under  the  management 
of  the  Pierce  Company,  may  be  named  those  for  the  Hotel  Savoy.  John 
AV.  Masury  &  Son,  the  Huylers.  ITildreth  &  Allen.  C.  A.  Blanehard  &  Co., 
Geo.  Ringler  tt  Co..  Steinway  it  Sons,  the  Very  Rev.  Wm.  Quinn,  V.  G. ; 
Rev.  J.  C.  Drumgoole,  New  York  Catholic  Protectory.  Hoyt  Bros., 
Orange  County  Milk  Association.  Anglo-.Swiss  Condensed  Milk  Companj^, 
F.  C.  Havemeyer.  E.  II.  .Johnson.  Frederick  Bronson.  and  John  Dwight  ct 
Co.:  also  for  Josei)h  Eppig.  Brooklyn;  .losepli  Hensler  and  Wm.  Hill. 
Newark.  N.  J.;  Graham  &  Co..  Paterson,  N.  J.;  St.  Vincent  Retreat,  Har- 
rison. Westchester  County,  N.  Y. :  East  River  Gas  Light  Company,  Long 
Island  City:  and  for  parties  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  Canada, 
South  America.  Mexico  and  Cuba.  Wells  are  sunk  to  any  depth  from  .">0 
to  4.000  feet:  soundings  are  made  for  foundations,  examination  of  grounds 
and  test  borings  are  jnade  for  water,  minerals,  oil.  gas.  etc.  Estimates 
and  surveys  are  promptly  made  for  water  works,  and  contracts  are  under- 
taken and  carried  through  at  the  lowest  possible  cost.  The  machines 
used  for  drilling  are  beautiful  to  look  upon,  symmetrical  in  proportions,  a 
mechanical  triumph  in  construction,  and  are  without  doubt  the  most 
jiractical.  powerful,  staunch,  well  made,  and  at  the  same  time  the  lightest 
running  and  most  economical  for  drilling  wells  and  prospecting  for  min- 
erals that  the  world  has  produced.  They  are  specially  adapted  to  driving 
pipe  and  drilling  in  sand,  clay  and  the  hardest  rock  known.  The  members 
of  the  firm  are  experts  in  their  branch  of  business,  prominent  members  of 
the  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  gentlemen  of  large  practical  experience. 


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A.MKIIICAX  DIAMOXn  HOCK  DltlLL  COMl'ANV,  Mamilactmeis 
of  Diaiiioiid  Toiiited  Coii!  Drills  fi)i-  l>n>si)c'ctiii.i;-  Mineral  Lands, 
Uoriiis  Wells,  Etc.,  No.  21)  Cortlaiiclt  Stii-et.— The  use  of  aianion.l 
points  for  roek  drills  has  beccnne  such  an  absolute  necessity  for  all 
minin!,M>i)crations,  rock  work,  etc.,  that  it  is  of  iniportance  to  the  public  to 
know  just  where  the  best  and  most  improved  machinery  of  this  kind  can 
be  obtained.  The  oldest  established  and  leading  concern  in  this  line  in 
the  country  is  the  celebrated  American  Diamond  Ilock  Drill  Company,  of 
New  York.  This  company  are  patentees  and  manufacturers  of  diamond- 
pointed  rock  drills,  for  i)rospectin.s.-,  well-boring,  shaft-sinking,  tunneling, 
open  cut  work,  testing  foundations,  submarine  drilling,  et  cetera,  and  they 
have  Ion-'  been  recognized  as  manufacturing  the  most  perfect,  reliable  and 
economical  rock  boring  macliinery  in  existence.  Their  drills  are  pointed 
with  diamonds  obtained  from  the  mines  of  Brazil  ;  the  facets  and  edges 
are  of  the  hardest  substance  in  the  world,  and,  when  revolved  with  the 
rapid  speed  of  the  drill,  (uit  into  the  hardest  rock  like  so  much  wood  or 
earth.  These  drills  do  faster  and  better  work  than  any  others  in  the  world. 
They  will  bore  holes  to  any  depth  vertically,  horizontally,  or  at  any  angle 
and  of  any  required  diameter.  They  are  not  deflected  by  seams  or  ci  evioes, 
and  produce  a  i)erfectly  round,  true  hole.  They  are  the  only  machines 
tliat  will  unerringly  demonstrate  the  depth,  width,  dip  and  value  of  any 
vein  or  deposit  by  taking  out  a  solid  core  and  thus  producing  a  perfect 
.section  of  the  material  pierced.  Tins  makes  them  invaluable  for  prospect- 
ing purposes,  and  for  use  in  the  development  of  mines.  They  are  in 
heavy  and  permanent  demand  not  only  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States, 
but  also  in  England,  France,  Uussia,  Canada,  South  America  and  South 
Africa.  All  orders  are  fdled  through  the  New  York  office.  No.  20  Cort- 
landt  Street,  where  pi  ices  and  all  inf-n-mation  can  be  obtained. 

AMERICAN  GAS  CONTIIOL  COMPANY,  No.  8.j3  Broadway.— This 
business  was  established  here  in  1890,  and  in  May,  1S93,  the  present 
company  was  incorporated  with  a  capital  of  $1,000,000.  and  with 
the  following  officers,  viz:— Fred  C.  Cannon,  president;  Olcott 
Payne,  vice-president  and  general  manager.  Tlie  service  rendered  by  this 
conii)any  consists  of  equii>ping  the  gas  service  of  consumers  with  the  gas 
.saving  system  of  the  C(mipany,  caring  for  the  same  and  rendering  state- 
ment of  meter  on  the  last  day  of  eacii  month,  showing  amount  of  gas  used 
for  the  month,  for  which  a  charge  is  made  equal  to  about  one-third  of  sav- 
ing effected.  The  gas  service  of  any  consumer  will  be  ecpiipped  and  cared 
for  thirty  days  without  charge;  in  most  cases  the  saving  effected  during 
she  "  trial"  period  will  be  found  sufficient  to  pay  the  first  quarter's  rent 
of  service,  leaving  the  next  two  months  of  the  quarter  clear  profit  to  the 
consunuM-.  Gas  companies  universally  endorse  this  system  for  the  reason 
that  it  gives  satisfaction  to  the  consumer  and  increased  business  to  the 


gas  companies.  The  working  of  gas  engines  is  greatly  improved  by  the 
service  of  this  company,  a  regular  even  motion  being  given  to  the  machin- 
ery through  the  even  gas  pressure  maintained.  Particularly  in  the  use  of 
gas  stoves  and  heaters  is  the  service  highly  beiieliclal  by  maintaining  an 
even  degree  of  heat,  very  necessary  in  cooking.  This  service  is  used  in  the 
Jtlntual  I^ife  Insurance  building,  New  York  City  police  department,  New 
York  City  Hre  department.  New  York  Biscuit  Company,  Lion  Brewery, 
Baumann  Brothers,  Eighth  Avenue,  and  many  other  large  buildings  in  this 
city.  Correspondence  is  solicited  from  responsible  i)arties  in  every  city  or 
town  desiring  to  intrt)duce  the  gas  saving  system  of  this  company,  and 
branch  offices  are  operated  in  Boston,  Mas.s.  Chicago,  111.;  Milwaukee, 
Wis.  and  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


AXLMO  E.  MORA,  Nos.  .50  and  .58  Pine  Street— The  trade  of  this 
country  with  South  America,  Australia  and  Mexico  is  one  of 
manifest  importance  at  the  i)resent  time,  and  from  which  com- 
petent authorities  anticipate  far-reaching  and  valuable  results  in 
the  future.  Hence,  the  business  conducted  by  Mr.  Maximo  E.  Mora,  as 
an  export  agent  and  representative  of  various  American  manufacturers, 
while  productive  of  very  gratifying  results  totho.se  immediately  concerned, 
is  also  an  essentially  useful  business,  as  it  affects,  directly  or  indirectly, 
the  entire  community  in  each  country.  Mr.  Mora  established  his  business 
here  in  1880,  and  is  especially  prominent  as  the  export  agent  for  the  Silver 
^Manufacturing  Company,  of  Salem,  Ohio,  and  the  Deming  Company  of  the 
same  place.  The  former  company  are  extensive  manufacturers  of  the 
'•Ohio"  ensilage  and  fodder  cutters,  horse  powers,  engines,  feed  mills, 
grain  separators,  steam  cookers,  hub-boring  machines,  spoke  tenon  ma- 
chines hollow  augurs,  blacksmiths'  drills,  tuyere  irons  and  carriage  and 
wan-on-makers'  tools  ;  also  meat  choppers  and  stutters,  lard  and  tallow 
l.rt^ses,  ham  pumps,  steam  jacket  kettles,  a.id  butchers'  tools  and  ma- 
chines. The  Deming  Company  are  manufacturers  of  iron  and  brass  pumps 
for  hand,  windmill  and  power;  hydraulic  rams,  artesian  well  brass  cylin- 
ders, pump  fixtures,  well  tools  and  supplies.  Possessed  of  a  very  thorough 
acquaintance  with  the  above-named  commodities  and  their  market  values, 
as  well  as  a  great  commercial  aptitude.  Mr.  Mora  has  been  able  to  build  up 
a  laro-e  and  gratifying  connection  in  all  the  countries  named,  and  is  now 
sbippin-  also  to  Spain,  Portugal  and  other  foreign  ports.  His  steady  per- 
sonal application  to  business,  together  with  the  soundness  of  his  judgment 
inselectino-  such  manufactures  of  America  as  find  a  ready  an.l  profitable 
sale  in  the  markets  to  which  he  exports,  has  inspired  unbounded  .•onfi- 
dcnce  in  his  ability  with  houses  here  who  need  a  foreign  market,  and  with 
traders  abroad  who  have  customers  for  our  goods;  with  the  result  that 
the  house  of  Mr.  Mora  is  one  steadily  and  uniformly  growing  in  favor  in 
both  p:urope  and  America. 


NEW  YORK- 1896.  »► 


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THE  O'BRIEX  ELECTRICAL  CONSTUUC  TlOX  COMPAW,  Xo. 
24  Park  Place. — This  c(>iiii)any  takes  contracts  for  electric  plants, 
both  central  and  isolated,  for  liglit,  heat  and  power;  also,  ten- 
street  railway  power  plants,  the  wirint;  of  buildings,  supplyino- 
burjflar  alarms,  hotel  annunciators,  etc.  The  business  was  estal)lished  in 
IS*!.'),  by  Mr.  James  P.  OTJrien.  and  in  1890  the  present  company  was 
organized  under  the  laws  of  Xew  .Jersey  with  a  capital  of  sl()0,000,  and  with 
James  P.  O'Brien  as  president;  James  H.  McCabe.  secretary  and  general 
manager.  The  house  has  all  along  kept  well  abreast  of  the  times  and  the' 
progressive  sjjirit  of  the  age,  and  every  modern  facility  is  at  command  for 
fully  sustaining  and  steadily  enhancing  the  well-merited  reputation  it  en- 
joys for  superior  work  and  reliable  dealing.  It  has  a  large  and  permanent 
l)atronage  throughout  Xew  York,  Xew  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Ohio  and 
Connecticut,  and  of  the  long  list  of  important  contracts  successfully  ful- 
filled by  this  company  may  be  mentioned  those  for  the  Vendome  Hotel, 
Ilavemeyer  Building.  Marlborough  Hotel,  Grand  Hotel,  Em])irc  Hotel. 
Grand  Central  Depot,  among  many  others  in  this  city;  also  the  Peijuot 
House,  X^ew  London,  Conn.:  Sanitarium,  Somerville,  Xew  Jersey,  and 
the  fifty-two  buildings  of  the  Toledo  Insane  Asylum.  In  all  their  work 
they  aim  at  originality,  and  e.xecute  every  job  from  their  own  designs.  From 
thirty  to  forty  skilled  assistants  are  constantly  employed,  and  all  orders 
and  commissions  are  given  prompt  attention,  and  are  faithfully  executed. 
President  O'Brien  is  a  native  Xew  Yorker,  and  a  practical  electrician  of 
lifteen  years'  exi)erience.  He  started  as  a  telegraph  operator  for  the 
American  District  Telegraph  Company  and  Western  Union  Telegraph 
Company,  and  was  afterwards  employed  in  the  construction  departments  of 
various  companies  in  different  jiarts  of  the  country.  He  invented  the  first 
"  nickel-in-the-slot  machine  ever  put  on  the  market  in  this  or  any  other 
country,  and  patented  it  in  all  the  countries  on  the  globe.  He  is  also  well- 
known  as  the  inventor  of  an  electric  bicycle  lami>  and  motor,  now  in  snc- 
ces.sful  use;  the  "  Household  Ice  Machine,"  which  makes  from  five  to 
fifteen  pounds  of  ice  in  fifteen  minutes  by  simply  turning  a  crank,  and 
costing  only  four  dollars  per  year;  also  a  device  for  a  bridge  by  which 
wagons,  electric  cars  and  foot  passengers  can  gain  the  bridge  by  means  of 
a  tower  cork  crew  shape  and  on  an  incline.  General  Manager  McCabe  is  a 
native  of  Xew  York,  and  a  recognized  expert  in  the  electrical  field.  He 
has  served  with  ability  and  credit  numerous  companies  in  this  line,  includ- 
ing the  Holmes  Electric  Protection  Company,  as  manager:  the  'Western 
L'nion  Telegraph  Company,  as  foreman  of  instrument  deiiartment;  the  Edi- 
son Illuminating  Company  of  X'ew  York,  as  superintendent  of  the  Upper 
West  Side  District;  also,  the  American  District  Telegraph  Company  and 
the  Law  Telegraph  Company,  and  was  formerly  general  manager  for  the 
United  States  Electric  Light  Company,  and  the  Sawyer-Mann  Electric 
Light  Company.  Both  gentlemen  are  members  of  the  American  Institute 
of  Electrical  Engineers,  and  stand  deservedly  high  in  the  business  world. 


JOHX  GLEX,  Exi)orter,  X''os.  o  and  7  Pearl  Street.— A  walk  along  the 
piers  and  wharves  which  almost  surround  the  city  will  reveal  hun- 
dreds of  vessels,  flying  the  flags  of  all  nations,  loading  and  un- 
loading, and  imparting  to  the  rivers  and  harbor  an  appearance  of 
bewildering  animation.  A  review  of  the  transactions  of  its  Produce  Ex- 
change discloses  the  fact  that  everything  conceivable  in  the  line  of  trade 
enters  into  its  commerce,  and  that  the  products  of  every  clime  find  here  an 
eager  market.  The  commission  houses  of  this  city  are  noted  for  the  lib- 
eral enterprise  which  characterizes  their  management,  a  leading  and 
widely  known  one  being  that  of  Mr.  John  Glen.  Mr.  Glen  has  been  con- 
nected with  this  business  thirteen  years,  and  has  built  up  a  foreign  and 
domestic  trade  which  places  his  house  in  the  front  rank.  His  connections 
gained  by  being  with  the  well-known  in  tluential  house  of  John  Adams  has 
gained  for  him  both  at  home  and  abroad  an  influential  trade,  and  his  facil- 
ities for  filling  orders  are  unexcelled.  He  is  a  heavy  exporter  of  glucose, 
grape  sugar,  starch,  brewers'  grain,  lard,  flaxseed,  flour  and  other  staple 
articles.  Mr.  Glen  was  born  in  Scotland,  though  a  resident  here,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Produce  E.xchange. 


BAI!T1,?:TT  lamp  MAXUFACTUKIXG  COMPAXY,  Owners  and 
Manufacturers  of  IJartlett's  Patent  Globe  Lamps  for  Streets. 
Parks  and  Railway  Stations,  Xo.  6G  West  Broadway. — This  com' 
pany  are  owners  and  manufacturers  of  Bartletfs  Patent  Globe 
I-amps  for  streets,  parks  and  railway  stations;  also  gasolene  and  kerosene 
lamps  for  outside  lighting.  Bartletfs  Patent  Reflecting  Boulevard  street 
lamp  has  been  on  the  market  for  twenty-five  years  and  has  never  had  its 
equal  for  brilliancy,  etticiency.  economy  and  fine  effects.  Several  thousand 
are  in  use  in  Xew  York  city,  and  they  are  found  to  be  far  more  durable 
and  more  easily  kept  clean  than  any  other — the  thickness  of  the  glass  and 
the  peculiar  shape  thereof  enabling  them  to  withstand  severe  usage;  while 
the  light  given  by  these  lamps  is  much  more  brilliant  and  more  diffused 
than  that  of  any  other  style.  They  will  produce  more  light  from  a  four- 
foot  burner  than  any  other  lamp  with  a  five-foot  burner,  improving  the 
ai)pearance  of  any  town  or  city  that  uses  them,  and  are  all  constructed  so 
that  the  Welsbach  burner  can  be  used.  This  comi)any  also  make  numer- 
ous styles  of  station  lamps,  warehouse  lamps,  stable  lanterns,  reflecting 
lanterns,  headlights,  lamp  posts,  etc. :  and  are  agents  for  the  Eclipse  Gas 
Stove  Company,  the  Keystone  Meter  Company,  the  Irving  Gas  Stoves,  and 
station  meters  and  provers.  The  company  was  oi-ganized  in  1870,  under 
the  laws  of  Xew  York,  and  took  possession  of  its  present  store  on  the  first 
of  June.  lS9(i,  where  they  make  a  fine  display  of  lamps,  globes,  etc.  The 
officers  of  the  company  are  G.  S.  Cook,  president;  Wm.  W.  Davenport, 
secretary  and  treasurer.  Mr.  Cook  is  a  well-known  citizen  of  Somerville, 
X.  J.:  while  Mr.  Davenport  has  the  entire  management  of  the  business. 


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W<&  G.  AUDSLEY,  Architects,  No.  00  Broadway.— The  demand 
for  ''tall  buildings"  is  one  of  the  most  natural  and  legitimate 
^  description  in  view  of  the  enormous  appreciation  in  value  of 
desirable  lots.  The  questions  presented  to  our  leading  archi- 
tects in  executing  the  commissions  entrusted  to  them  for  the  erection  of 
tlie  magnificent  structures  seen  in  various  sections  of  the  city,  were  of  an 
abstruse  and  novel  character,  and  no  tirm  has  so  satisfactorily  solved  the 
various  problems  involved  and  secured  such  happy  results  as  Messrs.  W. 
&  G.  Audsley.  The  success  of  these  gentlemen  as  architects  and  artists 
has  been  brilliant  in  the  extreme.  They  are  natives  of  the  north  of  Scot- 
land, and  have  given  a  lifetime  of  study  and  devotion  to  their  favorite  pro- 
fession. They  first  settled  in  Liverpool,  about  1S.j(?,  and  in  the  important 
national  competition  for  the  Liverpool  Exchange  they  won  the  second 
prize,  while  their  designs  were  used  almost  line  for  line.  They  subse- 
quently erected  the  Church  of  .St.  Margaret,  Belmont  Road,  Liverpool, 
internally  the  finest  brick  church  in  Great  Britain  ;  also,  Christ  Church, 
Kensington  ;  the  Welsh  Church,  Prince's  Road,  Liverpool  ;  the  Church  of 
St.  Mary,  Ellel  Grange,  Lancaster  ;  the  Jewish  Synagogue,  Prince's  Road, 
Liverpool — the  most  beautiful  synagogue  internally  in  England  ;  the 
.Jewish  Synagogue,  St.  Petersburg  Place,  Bayswater,  London  ;  the  Welsh 
C.  M.  cliurclies  in  Chester,  Wrexham,  Rhyl  and  Garston  ;  the  Liverpool 
Racquet  Club  and  Courts  ;  the  Liverpool  Art  Club  Gallery,  the  English 
Church  at  Grasse,  south  of  France,  and  numerous  other  public  buildings 
and  houses.  Since  they  came  to  New  York,  the  Messrs.  Audsley  have 
demonstrated  the  talent  they  possess  in  a  very  gratifying  manner,  botli  in 
this  and  otiier  cities.  They  are  the  architects  of  the  Bowling  Green  office 
building,  here  in  Xew  York,  and  the  beautiful  Layton  Art  Gallery,  in 
Milwaukee,  Wisconsin.  Tliese  are  masterpieces  of  architectural  beauty 
and  skill.  The  latter  is  allowed  to  be  the  finest  building  of  its  class  in  the 
States.  In  designing  both  these  buildings  the  Messrs.  Audsley  adopted 
their  favorite  Classic  style,  named  by  them  '•  Hellenic  Renaissance  "—pro- 
ducing works  allowed  on  all  sides  to  be  of  the  highest  merit  in  general 
treatment  and  detail.  The  Fourth  Presbyterian  Church.  Indian.ipolis.  is  a 
noteworthy  example  of  the  Messrs.  Audsley's  skill  and  taste  in  ecclesiastical 
architecture.  They  hold  it  to  be  a  principle  of  their  art  to  expend  the 
greatest  care  upon  the  interior  of  churches,  maintaining  that  the  time  is 
past  for  barren  and  ugly  interiors,  and  that  instead  of  attempting  to  erect 
buildings  with  the  chief  aim  of  making  an  outward  display,  congregations 
should  rather  strive  to  secure  beautiful  and  seemly  interiors.  In  the 
Indianapolis  church  they  have  carried  these  views  into  effect,  and  so  suc- 
cessfully that  it  is  considered  to  present  the  most  beautiful  interior  of  any 
Presbyterian  church  in  the  country.  It  is  decorated  throughout  in  strict 
accordance  with  the  style  of  architecture  adopted.  They  have  also 
designed  an  imposing  auditorium  for  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of 


Indianapolis,  which,  when  completed,  will  be  the  finest  and  most  noble 
Gothic  building  of  its  class  in  the  L'nited  States.  They  have  likewise 
designed  a  new  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  for  Eckington,  Washington, 
District  of  Columbia.  Their  valued  services  are  in  constant  and  impor- 
tant requisition  ill  city  and  country,  and  their  enteiprisiug,  ])rogrcssive 
and  equitable  methods  inspire  the  utmost  confidence,  and  their  profes- 
sional talents  are  reajjing  a  rich  reward.  Mr.  George  Ashdown  Audsley 
is  celebrated  both  as  an  architect,  artist,  author,  art-workman  and  illumi- 
nator— not  to  speak  of  his  claim  to  distinction  as  an  antiquary,  a  social 
reformer,  and  a  lexicographer.  In  i)roof  of  Mr.  Audsley's  reimtation  and 
standing,  it  may  be  stated  that  he  appears  to  be  the  only  living  architect 
whose  name  is  given  in  the  ••  List  of  Authors  Quoted,"  and  the  only  liv- 
ing English  architect  mentioned  in  the  •  Biographical  Dictionary  of  Note- 
worthy Persons,''  appended  to  "  Webster's  International  Dictionary," 
published  by  G.  &  C.  Merriam,  Springfield,  Mass.  Messrs.  Audsley's  names 
also  appear  in  the  "  List  of  Writers  and  Authorities,"  in  "  The  Century 
Dictionary,"  only  four  other  living  European  architects'  names  being 
mentioned.  Mr.  G.  A.  .Vudsley's  biography  has  been  written  four  times  ; 
the  first  appeared  in  1881,  from  the  pen  of  Hall  Caine.  the  great  novelist  and 
writer,  and  the  fourth  in  1892,  from  the  pen  of  A.  Wilford  Hall,  Ph.  D.,  LL. 
D.,  of  N'ew  York.  As  authors  of  works  on  Architecture,  Messrs.  Audsley  are 
widely  known.  Their  works  form  a  small  art  library  in  themselves,  compris- 
ing ten  folio,  three  quarto,  and  seven  octavo  volumes.  The  following  list  of 
works  will  give  an  idea  of  the  range  of  Messrs.  Audsley's  art  studies  and 
writings  :  "The  Sermon  on  the  Mount,"  illuminated  in  mediieval  style  ; 
"  The  Prisoner  of  Cliillon."  illuminated:  "Guide  to  the  Art  of  Illuminat- 
ing and  Missal  Painting"  :  "  Handbook  of  Christian  Symbolism  "  ;  "Cot- 
tage, Lodge,  and  Villa  Architecture";  "Taste  versus  Fashionable 
Colors  ;  a  Manual  for  Ladies  on  Color  in  Dress"  ;  ''Influence  of  Decora- 
tive Art  and  Art  Workmanship  in  Household  Details"  :  "Outlines  of 
Ornament  in  All  Styles";  "  Polychromatic  Decoration,  as  applied  to 
Buildings  in  the  ]Media;val  Styles  ":  "The  Art  of  Chromolitliography "  ; 
"  The  Ornamental  Arts  of  .Japan  "  ;  "  The  Keraniic  Art  of  Japan  ''  ;  "  Dic- 
tionary of  Architecture  and  the  Allied  Arts,"  and  "  The  Practical  Deco- 
rator." To  these  works  may  be  added  certain  works  intended  for  private 
circulation,  including  "  Notes  on  .Japanese  Art."  and  some  interesting  Art 
Catalogues  written  for  the  Liverpool  ,\rt  Club.  Since  the  year  18.58,  when 
he  delivered  his  first  lecture,  on  "The  Rise  and  Progress  of  the  Arts, 
Manufactures  and  Costumes  of  the  Middle  .\ges.  in  England,'"  Mr.  G.  A. 
Audsley  has  delivered  many  addresses,  before  distinguished  audiences,  on 
architectural,  art,  musical,  and  scientific  subjects,  both  in  England  and 
America.  He  has  also  written  much  for  architectural  and  scientific  jour- 
nals :  and  continues  to  spend  some  of  his  leisure  time  in  that  direction. 
He  has  now  in  hand  four  books,  the  subjects  of  whii-h  are — "  Catholic  Archi- 


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lecture";  "  Cliiistian  Symbolism"  ;  "  Or<;an  Constiuctiim,"  and  "The 
Xatural  Force  Theory  of  Sound."  Mr.  Aud.sley  was  tor  many  years  a  Fel- 
low of  the  Koyal  Institute  of  British  Architects,  the  Liverpool  Architectural 
Society,  the  Society  of  Arts,  and  the  Asiatic  Society  of  Jajjan.  He  is  now  a 
member  of  the  Architectural  League  of  New  York,  having  permanently 
.settled  here,  and  feeliu"-  a  deep  interest  iu  the  development  of  American 
architecture  and  decorative  art.  He  has  had  conferred  on  him  the  honorary 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  in  recognition  <>f  his  researches  in  the  science 
of  Acoustics. 

B ELDING-  BKOTHEKS&  CO.,  Silk  Mannfacturers,  Xos.  -I.w  and  W 
Broadway.— No  branch  of  skilled  indnstry  requires  greater  prac- 
tical knowledge  and  more  jierfected  facilities  than  the  manufactui  e 
of  machine  and  sewing  silk,  in  which  line  the  house  of  Belding 
Brothers  &  Co.  are  known  to  excel  all  others  in  this  country.  The  New- 
York  salesrooms  of  this  great  concern  are  in  charge  of  Mr.  C.  H.  Strick- 
land as  manager  ;  Mr.  John  11.  Emery,  cashier.  The  various  mills 
owned  and  operated  by  the  Belding  interest  are  located  at  Rockville, 
Connecticut;  Northampton,  Massachusetts;  Belding,  Michigan;  Montreal, 
Canada,  and  Petaluma,  California,  employing  in  the  aggregate  over  M.OOl) 
hands.  The  principal  products  are  machine  silk,  sewing  silk,  knitting 
and  embroidei-y  silk,  but  at  the  Northampton  mill  one  hundred  and 
seventy-five  looms  are  employed  in  weaving  silk  fabrics,  such  as  linings 
for  tailors'  use.  There  are  also  in  o])eration  twenty-five  hosiery  machines, 
making  200  dozen  silk  hose  per  week.  The  total  product  of  all  the  mills 
has  i-eached  as  high  as  %;.'), 000,000  iu  value  in  one  year.  Over  2,000  jiounds 
of  raw  silk  are  consumed  in  the  five  mills  ])or  day,  which  costs  from  three 
to  five  dollars  per  pound.  The  foundation  of  this  great  liusiness  was  laid 
in  ISOO,  by  Hiram  H.  and  Alvah  N.  Beldini:.  Silk  was  i)urchased  for  them 
by  their  brother,  ]Mili>  M.,  who  was  then  residing  at  Ashfield.  near  North- 
ampton, Mass.  This  beginning  took  place  in  the  west,  and  soon  assumed 
a  large  business,  so  that  in  three  years  the  brothers  started  a  house  in 
Chicago,  and  the  same  year  began  manufacturing  at  Bockville,  Conn., 
under  the  supervision  of  Mr.  A.  N.  Belding,  Mr.  H.  H.  licldiiig  having 
charge  of  their  western  business  in  Chicago  and  Mr.  M.  M.  Belding  com- 
ing to  New  York,  where  he  assumed  the  financial  management  of  the  V)usi- 
ness.  In  187.3  the  Northampton  mill  was  liuilt.  and  subsequently  the 
others.  The  Messrs.  Belding  soon  established  a  reputation  which  they 
have  steadily  maintained  for  nninufacturing  a  reliable  article  of  silk, 
which  neither  crocks,  fades  nor  cracks,  and  which  meets  the  test  of  the 
most  rapid  running  and  highest  tension  sewing  maclrne.  They  have  ever 
exercised  the  greatest  care  in  the  selection  of  their  raw  silks  and  treat 
the  materials  iu  the  most  approved  scientific  manner.  Their  silks  are 
never  over-weighted  in  dyeing,  like  so  many,  but  are  on  the  contrary  of 


honest  weight,  fast  and  brilliant  colors,  and  twisted  to  an  even  size  and 
number,  so  that  thorough  uniformity  to  the  highest  standard  is  main- 
tained. Their  machine  silks  are  all  put  up  with  their  name  attached,  and 
have  attained  an  enormous  sale  with  the  largest  jobbers  and  consumers 
everywhere.  They  possess  every  good  quality  and  have  no  equal  for 
general  service.  So,  likewise,  their  sewing  silks,  which  are  of  admirable 
quality  and  run  even  and  true,  wliile  the  strength  of  all  their  silks  is  re- 
markable and  their  high  finish  unsui'ijassed.  They  are  now  manufacturing 
the  finest  line  of  embroidery  silks  ever  put  on  the  market,  which  are  ac- 
knowledged to  l)e  unsurpassable  by  any  other  line  in  the  world.  The 
important  interests  involved  were  duly  incor])orated  some  years  ago,  and 
the  piesent  officers  are  as  follows,  viz  :  M.  M.  Belding,  New  York,  presi- 
dent; 1).  \V.  Belding,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  vice-president;  A.  N.  Belding, 
liockvillc.  Conn.,  secretary;  M.  M.  Belding.  Ji.,  New  York,  treasurer. 
'J'hese  gentlemen,  true  to  their  honorable  record,  permanently  maintain 
the  lead,  and  the  uniformly  high  standard  of  their  product  in  the  silk 
industry,  while  they  are  also  active  and  successful  in  other  fields.  In 
addition  to  the  various  headquarters  already  mentioned  Belding  Brothers 
iV:  Co.  maintain  sales  offices  in  Philadelphia,  Penn. ;  Baltimore,  Md.;  St. 
Louis,  Mo.;  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  St.  Paul,  Minn. ;  San  Fiancisco,  Cal.,  New 
Orleans,  La.,  and  Boston,  Mass.  The  city  of  Belding,  Michigan,  where  the 
lirothers  started  the  first  silk  mill  in  the  West  iu  1887,  has  grown  from  a 
small  hamlet  to  a  city  with  a  population  of  over  5,000.  Here  they 
have  erected  an  opera  house  of  exceeding  beauty,  and  one  of  the  finest 
hotels  in  the  state,  which  is  equipped  with  all  modern  imiirovements,  in- 
cluding electric  lights,  hot  and  cold  water,  elevator,  etc.,  besides  a  large 
liusiness  block  and  many  other  structures  besides  their  mills,  and  are 
interested  in  the  Belding-Hall  Manufacturing  Company,  who  make  a 
large  lino  of  hard  wood  refrigerators  and  sell  in.ooo  annually:  also  the 
Welsh  Casket  (Company  at  the  same  place,  and  many  other  enterprises. 
Mr.  M.  M.  Belding  is  also  largely  interested  in  the  St.  Lawrence  Marble 
Company  at  (iouverneur,  New  York,  and  is  chief  promotor  in  manufactur- 
ing a  fibrous  paper  pulp  from  talc.  He  is  also  largely  interested  in  the 
Rctsof  ^fining  Company,  of  Retsof.  New  York,  which  furni.shes  a  product 
of  salt  ninety-nine  per  cent.  pure,  which  is  a  better  result  than  ever  before 
obtained,  and  is  largely  interested  in  the  life  and  fire  insurance  business  in 
the  metropolis  ;  being  president  of  the  American  Union  Life  Insurance 
Company,  and  vice-president  of  the  Commonwealth  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
]Kuiy.  The  Belding  brothers  have  likewise  large  interests  in  the  "  New 
South,"  including  some  75,000  acres  of  land  in  North  Carolina  and  Ten- 
nessee, which  teems  with  timber  and  inexhaustible  stores  of  mineral 
wealth.  In  a  word  the  Messrs.  Belding  belong  to  that  class  of  eneigetic. 
public-spirited  business  men  who  build  up  great  enterprises  in  every 
avenue  of  industry  and  trade. 


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BOOTH  &  CO.,  sheepskins,  Xos.  8S  and  90  Gold  Street.— This  firm  is 
the  head  office  in  this  country  of  the  firm  of  Alfred  Booth  &  Co.,  of 
Liverpool,  En<;land,  who  have  also  a  branch  office  in  London,  with 
a  resident  partner  there.  The  business  was  established  in  this 
country  over  thirty  years  ago,  and  the  firm  from  the  very  beginning  took 
a  leading  place  in  the  trade.  It  has  from  the  start  done  an  importing 
business  in  pickled  sheei)skins,  consisting  of  splits,  fleshes,  English  and  all 
classes  of  foreign  roans,  and  has  for  years  done  a  larger  business  iu  these 
goods  than  any  other  house.  The  firm  is  also  largely  engaged  in  dealing 
in  pickled  domestic  sheei)  and  lamb  skins.  They  do  an  extensive  business 
in  importing  kangaroo  skins  through  their  own  bouse  in  .Sidney,  Aus- 
tralia: also  goat  and  slieei)skins  in  the  hair  from  Brazil,  East  Indies,  and 
Europe.  Besides  the  head  office  in  this  city  Booth  ct  Co.  have  important 
branches  in  Boston,  Gloversville  and  Philadelphia  for  the  sale  of  their 
goods.  In  addition  to  handling  raw  stock  the  firm  now  own  and  operate 
large  leather  dressing  mills  in  Gloversville,  Fulton  County,  N.  Y.  Here 
they  manufacture  their  well-known  and  popular  kangaroo  mat  kid.  which 
i.s  sold  under  the  brand  "  Dahlia  "  kid.  This  is  admittedly  the  best  kan- 
garoo kid  in  the  market.  They  also  dress  and  sell  at  their  (iloversville 
factoiies  all  kinds  of  skins  suitable  for  the  glove  trade.  They  employ 
there  a  larger  number  of  men  than  any  other  factory  in  the  place,  and  their 
product  has  a  high  reputation  for  excellent  workman.ship.  They  control 
the  sale  of  "Surpass"  glazed  kid,  made  by  J.  P.  Mathien  <fe  Co.,  in  Phila- 
<lcli)liia.  This  brand  is  conceded  to  stand  among  the  best  of  the  many 
brands  of  glazed  kid  on  the  mai  ket,  and  has  a  large  and  steadily  increasing 
sale,  not  only  in  this  country  but  in  Europe.  The  firm  has  commodious 
salesrooms  in  New  York,  Boston  and  Philadelphia,  for  the  sale  of  all  their 
lines  of  shoe  kid.  Booth  &  Co.  aie  the  American  agents  of  the  Booth 
Steamship  Company  (Limited),  of  Liverpool,  who  at  present  own  fifteen 
passenger  and  cargo  steamers,  which  run  between  Liverpool  and  Con- 
tiuental  ports,  and  Xorth  Brazil,  and  also  between  New  York  and  Xorth 
Brazil  via  Barbadoes.  The  Booth  line  wa.s  the  first  to  run  steamers  in  the 
Xorth  Brazil  trade,  and  has  contributed  largely  to  the  commercial  growth 
of  Para  and  the  other  ports  at  which  they  call.  The  steamers  of  the  fleet 
run  regularly  up  the  Amazon  Piver  to  Manoas— 1,000  miles  from  the  sea. 

CROSMAX  &  R.VQUE,  Designers  and  Contractors  for  Ornamental 
Iron,  Bra.ss  and  Bronze  Work,  Xo.  2.")3  Broadway.— This  firm  are 
recognized  leaders  in  this  line,  and  establi.shcd  their  business  here 
in  1894.  They  are  expert  designers  and  large  contractors  for 
ornamental  iron,  brass  and  bronze  work,  for  banks,  trusts,  insurance  com- 
panies, public  buildings,  etc.,  and  bring  to  bear  every  possible  qualification 
for  complete  success  in  their  line.  They  supply  everything  connected  with 
this  industry,  including  stairs,  electroliers,  vault  lights,  elevator  cars,  bank 


railings,  theatre  work,  restaurant  fittings,  wickets  and  grilles,  elevator  en- 
closures, etc.,  also  execute  refinishing,  alterations  and  special  work.  Their 
services  are  in  constant  and  important  request  in  this  city  and  elsewhere, 
and  among  prominent  contracts  executed  by  them  may  be  named  those  for 
the  Ninth  Regiment  Armory,  new  addition  to  Hotel  San  Remo,  elevator 
cars  for  llammerstein's  Olympia  Theatre,  Commercial  Building  on  Lis- 
penard  Street,  iu  this  city;  the  National  Guard  Armory,  Camden,  N.  J.; 
Hartford  Fire  Insurance  Company  Building,  Hartford,  Conn.;  Municipal 
Building,  Brooklyn,  X.  Y.,  and  Burlington  Arcade  Building,  Stamford, 
Conn.  The  members  of  this  firm  are  Messrs.  Geo.  J.  Crosman  and  Edward 
Raque.  Mr.  Crosman  has  been  engaged  in  this  line  for  twenty  years,  in 
New  York  and  Boston.  Mr.  Raque  is  a  graduate  of  New  York  University 
as  a  civil  engineer,  and  has  had  large  experience  in  railroad  and  bridge 
engineering.  Both  are  native  New  Yorkers,  and  expert  authorities  in  this 
branch  of  industry. 

TH.  KITE-POWELL,  Real  Estate,  Loans,  Stocks,  Bonds.  Etc., 
Xo.  14  East  42nd  Street.— Prominently  identified  with  the  real 
^  estate  and  kindred  interests  of  Xew  York  and  vicinity  is  T.  H. 
Kite-Powell,  whose  offices  aie  located  as  above.  He  has  a  sub- 
stantial patronage  and  numbers  in  his  clientele  some  of  the  largest  i)roperty 
owners  and  most  solid  citizens  in  the  community.  He  handles  city  and 
suburban  realty  of  every  description,  improved  and  unimproved,  and  has 
residence,  business  and  manufacturing  properties  for  sale  and  exchange. 
He  is  also  a  financial  broker,  and  can  negotiate  loans  on  the  most  favor- 
able terms.  Investments  are  judiciously  placed  by  him  for  clients,  and 
stocks,  bonds,  etc.,  are  bought  and  sold  on  commission.  He  is  agent  for 
the  Edenwald  sub-division  at  South  Mount  Vernon,  in  Westchester 
County  (now  Xew  York  City),  where  he  is  oftering  desirable  building  lots 
and  home  sites  at  from  §2-50  to  S-iOO  each.  He  is  also  agent  for  several 
other  large  tracts  in  and  through  Westchester.  County.  At  the  present 
moment  he  is  devoting  a  large  portion  of  his  time  in  develo])ing  the  proji- 
erty  of  the  Xorth  White  Plains  Land  Company,  of  which  company  he  is 
the  general  manager.  Lots  are  selling  here  very  rapidly  and  the  i-apid 
improvement  that  is  taking  place  in  the  county  seat  of  Westchester 
County  makes  this  property  one  of  the  most  desirable  on  the  market  to- 
day, apart  from  its  beauty  as  a  home  site,  which  is  unsurpassed.  This 
business  was  established  several  years  ago  by  Kite-Powell  &  Frazer,  who 
were  succeeded  in  ISO''  by  T.  H.  Kite-Powell.  Mr.  Kite-Powell  is  a  gen- 
tleman of  middle  age,  born  in  England,  and  many  years  in  this  country. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Hardware  Club,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known 
in  commercial  and  financial  circles.  Mr.  Kite-Powell  has  his  residence  at 
Eastchester,  Xew  York  City,  and  is  a  large  property  owner  in  that  grow- 
ing suburb. 


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THE  riAZELTOX  BOILER  COMPANY,  No.  710  East  llJth  Street.— 
This  (•()in]>any  are  famed  far  and  near  as  tlie  manufacturers  and 
sole  i)roprietors  of  The  Ilazelton  Boiler,  which  is  that  type  of 
water  tube  boiler  frequently  called  "  The  I'orcupine  Boiler." 
This  enterprise  was  inaui;urated  in  18^!4,  by  Messrs.  John  P.  Kennedy  & 
Sous,  and  in  1888  the  present  company  was  incorporated  under  the  laws 
of  the  state  of  New  Yoik,  with  ample  capital 
and  with  the  followinj;  officers,  to  wit:  E.  S. 
T.  Kennedy,  president;  W.  T.  Kennedy,  vice- 
l)resident;  .).  B.  Keeve,  secretary.  The  plant 
at  Avenue  D  and  IMth  Street  covers  a  con- 
siderable ijround  area,  and  in  the  matter  of 
mechanical  equipment  the  works  will  com- 
pare most  favorably  with  the  best  in  the 
country,  while  steady  employment  is  given 
therein  to  a  large  number  of  skilled  hands. 
The  materials  used  in  the  construction  of 
The  Hazelton  boiler  are  of  the  highest  giade 
and  the  workmanship  is  the  best.  It  is  light 
in  weight,  therefore  economical  in  transporta- 
tion, and  being  siniide  in  construction  is  easily 
repaired.  It  is  absolutely  safe  under  unusually 
high  pressures  on  account  of  the  small  diam- 
eter of  its  parts,  and  because  great  variations 
of  water  line  will  not  endanger  its  safety. 
It  rapidly  produces  an  abnnd.ance  of  very  dry 
steam,  with  great  economy  of  fuel;  consuming 
any  refuse  combustible  material,  also  utilizing  the  waste  heat  from  fur- 
naces with  uncqualed  lesults.  All  the  heating  surface  is  effective,  and 
there  is  no  condensing  surface.  It  is  easily  kept  clean,  therefore  always 
efficient;  is  symmetrical  and  ornamental,  both  in  design  and  finish.  Tliis 
boiler  is  to  be  found  at  work  in  all  the  standard  industries  throughout 
the  country,  notably  in  the  gas.  electric  light  and  power,  rubber,  paper 
and  pulp  businesses.  Plants  of  boilers  of  any  capacity  are  furnished  at 
short  notice,  and  illustrated  catalogues,  proi)osals  and  all  information 
mailed  on  application.  Tlie  officers  of  this  corporation  arc  well-known 
New  Yorkers,  and  merit  the  fullest  confidence  of  the  business  community. 


SOLON  J.  VLASTO.  Importer  of  Brimstone,  Manganese.  Magnesite, 
Chrome  and  Iron  Ores,  Merchants  Building,  Nos.  2  &  4  Stone  Street. 
—The  gentleman  whose  name  stands  at  the  head  of  this  sketch  has 
been  established  .since  1876.  and  is  direct  importer  of  brimstone, 
manganese,  magnesite,  chrome  and  iron  ores.     He  sells  extensively  to 
dealers  and  manufacturers  throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and 


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is  also  the  sole  agent  for  the  United  States  and  Canada  of  the  Societti  des 
Travaux  Publics  et  Communaux  for  the  exclusive  sale  of  Greek  magnesite, 
and  an  exjjorter  of  crude  petroleum  to  Europe,  Egypt  and  Red  Sea  ports. 
Solon  J.  Vlasto  was  born  in  Greece  and  has  been  in  this  country  for 
twenty-three  years.  He  is  a  man  of  long  and  thorough  experience  in  the 
trade  in  which  he  is  engaged,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  com- 
mercial circles.  Associated  with  him  is  his  brother,  Demetrius  J.  Vlasto. 
Mr.  S.  J.  Vlasto  represents  some  of  the  largest  mine-owners  abroad,  and 
having  distinct  advantages  in  lespect  of  sources  of  supply,  is  prepared  to 
quote  bottom  prices  on  the  niineral  ores  he  imports,  and  relations  once 
foi  nied  with  him  are  reasonably  certain  of  leading  to  an  enduring  business 
connection.  Mr.  Vlasto  has  been  knighted  by  the  king  of  Greece  for  mer- 
itoi  ious  services  rendered  to  his  native  country.  He  has  been  the  presi- 
dent of  the  Greek  Benevolent  Society  of  New  York,  established  the  Greek 
church  in  New  York,  and  he  is  the  projjrietor  of  "Atlantis,"  the  only  Greek 
newspaper  published  in  the  United  States. 

THE  CHASKEL  CHExMICAL  WORKS,  No.  177  Pearl  Street,  Between 
Cedar  and  Pine  Streets. — This  flourishing  enterprise  had  incejition 
in  1879.  It  was  started  by  .James  Chaskel,  and  became  a  corpora- 
tion in  1801,  when  the  present  name  was  adopted.  This  concern  is 
organized  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  New  .Jersey  and  has  ample  capital. 
Louis  A.  Wagner  is  president  ,and  treasurer  of  the  company  ;  Myer 
Auerbach  is  vice-})resident  and  Alfred  Auerbach, 
secretary,  pro  tem.  The  latter  is  a  man  of  push  and 
energy,  and  gives  close  attention  to  the  business.  The 
Chaskel  Chemical  Works  are  manufacturers  of  a 
superior  class  of  preparations.  Their  jiroducts  are 
standard  goods  of  uniform  quality,  and  are  in  steady 
and  growing  demand.  They  turn  out  a  line  of  chem- 
ical flavoring  extracts,  essential  oils  and  colors,  which 
are  in  extensive  use  throughout  the  United  States  by 
rectifiers  and  compounders  of  liquors  and  cordials, 
cigar  and  tobacco  manufacturers,  bottlers  and  the  min- 
eral water  trade,  and  confectioners,  bakers,  perfumers 
and  druggists,  generally.  They  also  export  consider- 
able quantities,  and  their  business  gives  evidence  of 
constant  increase.  The  works  occupy  three  spacious 
floors,  and  are  well  eqiiijiped,  being  provided  with  the 
latest  improved  appliances  pertaining  to  the  industry. 
The  productive  facilities  are  first-(tlass,  and  a  number  of  people  are 
employed  in  tlie  several  departments.  A  large  and  complete  stock  is 
constantly  kept  on  hand  here,  and  dealers  and  consumers  are  supplied  at 
lowest  rates,  special  inducements  being  offered  to  the  trade. 


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COLUMBIAN  FIKE-PROOFING  COMPANY,  No.  156  Fifth  Avenue. 
— The  end  and  aim  of  every  arcliitect  and  builder  of  our  gigantic 
modern  buildings  is  to  render  them  absolutely  fire-proof  and  ca- 
pable of  sustaining  the  heaviest  loads,  yet  at  a  reasonable  cost. 
These  desirable  results  were  never  attained  with  the  brick  arch  and  hollow 
tile  form  of  construction,  and  the  trade  was  for  years  standing  upon  debat- 
able ground  as  to  what  was  the  best  method  to  pursue.  All  doubt  has  now 
fortunately  been  dispelled  by  the  introduction  of  the  "  Columbian  System  " 
of  concrete  fire  proofing,  solely  controlled  and  contracted  for  by  the  Colum- 
bian Fire-Proofing  Company,  whose  headquarters  are  at  First  Avenue  and 
Grant  Street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  Mr.  Charles  Balph,  a  well-known  builder, 
and  Mr.  E.  P.  S.  Wright  were  the  owners  of  this  valuable  patent  process  of 
floor  construction,  and  after  subjecting  it  to  the  severest  tests  for  about 
three  years,  the  present  company  was  organized  in  the  spring  of  1896,  un- 
der the  laws  of  New  Jersey,  with  a  paid  up  capital  of  $200,000  to  meet  the 
rapidly  growing  demand  for  the  introduction  of  this  system  of  fire-proofing. 
In  brief  it  may  be  described  as  a  perfect  union  in  one  homogeneous  whole 
of  steel  and  concrete:  ribbed  steel  bars  being  hung  from  the  floor  beams,  and 
supported  on  edge  by  steel  stirrups;  the  concrete  then  being  packed  in  and 
about  the  bars,  completely  imbedding  them.  This  concrete,  composed  of 
Portland  cement,  sand  and  stone  screenings  or  furnace  slag,  rapidly  har- 
dens, and  increases  in  solidity  with  age.  These  "Columbian"  floors  are 
thus  solid,  rock-like  masses,  of  fire-resisting  material,  and  possess  enor- 
mous strength,  sustaining  the  weight  of  the  most  severe  drop  tests  with- 
out even  cracking  the  plaster.  It  is  practically  impossible  to  break  down 
these  floors,  as  under  one  test  they  withstood  a  load  of  2.38  pounds  dropped 
eight  feet,  and  repeated  several  times  in  the  same  spot  ;  another  test  was 
the  dropping  of  303  pounds  from  a  height  of  six  feet,  repeated  several 
times.  The  "  Columbian  "  floors  have  resisted  the  severest  fire  tests  of 
record.  In  one  case  a  coke  and  wood  fire  was  maintained  for  one  hour  on 
a  space  eight  feet  square,  with  a  protected  steel  beam  in  centre  of  same, 
while  the  beam  and  floor  were  drenched  by  a  2J  inch  stream  of  water  de- 
livered fromaNo.  1  nozzle  underG.i  pounds  pressure.  During  this  extraor- 
dinary severe  test  7.50  pounds  of  iron  to  the  square  foot  was  piled  on  the 
floor  space.  The  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  of  Allegheny  County.  Penn- 
sylvania, witnessed  this  test,  and  subsequently  officially  endorsed  the 
"  Columbian  "  .system  of  fire-proof  floor  construction.  This  system  is 
much  the  most  economical,  requires  less  material,  and  is  thus  lighter  than 
any  other  plan  of  flooring,  and  effects  a  saving  in  such  items  as  no  channels, 
tie  rods,  cost  of  punching,  etc.,  and  one-half  less  plastering,  as  the  ''Co- 
lumbian" floor  has  a  perfectly  level,  smooth,  concrete  ceiling,  which  can 
be  finished  with  one-half  the  plaster  required  on  tile  arch  floors.  The  com- 
pany guarantees  rapidity  of  work  even  in  coldest  winter  weather,  and  ma- 
terial is  all  mixed  in  the  cellar  and  hoisted  up  as  wanted,  avoiding  the 
piles  of  tile  or  other  materials  inseparable  to  any  other  make  of  flooring. 


Absolute  safety  is  insured,  the  company  guaranteeing  its  floors  to  carry 
the  required  load  with  a  safety  factor  of  four.  During  the  past  year  over 
one  million  feet  of  this  flooring  has  been  laid,  among  the  big  jobs  being 
360,000  square  feet  for  the  Pennsylvania  State  Institute  for  the  Feeble 
Minded;  13."), 000  square  feet  for  Lakeside  Hospital,  Cleveland;  120,000  feet 
for  Simpson's  department  stores,  Toronto;  270,000  feet  for  storage  ware- 
houses in  Boston,  etc.  Among  floors  built  by  the  company  in  this  city 
were  those  for  St.  Cecilia's  .School;  Cass  Realty  Building;  and  several 
apartment  houses;  floors  in  the  New  York  Skin  and  Cancer  Hospital  ;  the 
T.  \V.  Keogh  Warehouses;  Barnard  College  and  new  addition  to  Carnegie 
Music  Hall;  and  the  Phajnix  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Comi)any  Building, 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  the  residence  of  Frederick  W.  Vanderbilt,  at 
Hyde  Park,  N.  Y.  The  officers  of  the  company  are  all  prominent  in  busi- 
ness circles  and  are: — President,  James  J.  Booth,  of  Booth  &  Flinn,  con- 
tractors; treasurer,  C,  A.  Bali)h.  building  contractor;  and  secretary,  E.  P. 
S.  Wright.  The  company's  prospects  are  of  the  most  favorable  character 
for  a  vast  extension  of  its  business,  and  we  strongly  advise  all  architects 
and  builders  to  at  once  investigate  the  superior  advantages  of  this  sj'stem 
of  floor  construction. 

G RATON  &  KNIGHT  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  B.  Otis 
Hoge,  Manager  New  York  Branch,  Oak  Tanned  Leather  Belting, 
Etc.,  No.  112  Lfljerty  Street. — This  company,  whose  factory  is  at 
Worcester,  Mass.,  operates  a  branch  store  in  this  city  at  the 
above  address,  under  the  management  of  Mr.  B.  Otis  Hoge,  who  supplies 
the  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Connecticut  and  export  trade.  The  company 
manufacture  belts  up  to  seven  feet  in  width  and  of  any  length,  and  claim 
their  leather  to  be  a  purely  oak  bark  tannage.  Vigilant  and  careful  super- 
vision is  exercised  in  the  selection  and  purchase  of  prime  hides  especially 
suitable  for  belting  purposes,  and  a  strict  guarantee  of  satisfaction  is 
maintained  for  all  their  products.  Their  belting  has  long  been  manufac- 
tured upon  a  scale  of  enormous  magnitude  to  meet  the  demands  of  con- 
sumers and  the  trade,  while  they  also  manufacture  lacing,  strapping,  solid 
grain  leather  counters  and  insoles,  and  the  G.  &  K.  Health  Cycle  Saddles. 
Founded  in  IS.")!  as  nianufactureis  of  oak  tanned  leather,  the  long  oxjieri- 
ence  of  this  company  has  placed  it  in  the  front  rank  of  the  leather  pro- 
ducers of  the  country.  Their  tannery  has  a  capacity  of  100,000  hides 
annually,  and  their  leather  belting  is  in  extensive  use  throughout  the 
manufacturing  and  electrical  world.  Their  cycle  saddles  are  commended 
for  their  elegance  of  finish,  mode  of  construction,  comfort  and  hygienic 
qualities,  and  are  provided  with  suitable  frames  devised  to  meet  all  the 
conditions  requisite  to  the  needs  and  safety  of  the  rider.  Mr.  Hoge,  the 
New  York  manager,  has  been  with  this  company  since  1889,  and  opened  the 
New  York  store  in  1892.  where  a  full  line  of  regular  widths  of  belting  is 
carried  in  stock,  and  tills  all  orders  with  promptness  and  satisfaction. 


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T 


HE  SCOVILL  cV:   ADAMS  COMPANY  OF  NEW  YORK,  Plioto- 
fjnipliic  Materials,  Nos.  60  and  (i2  East  1 1  th  Street.— As  extensive 
manufacturers  of,  and  wholesale  dealers  in,  photonrajjliic  materials. 
The  Scovill  it  Adams  Coniiiany  of  New  York  have  won  a  prestige 
l)atroiia.t;i'   thoroui.>hl,v   national  in  area,  and   extremely  flattering 

in  eliaracter.  Tlie 
company  has  recent- 
ly lenioved  to  its 
new  liuildiiig  (  11  v  e 
doors  from  Broad- 
way) where  they  have 
large  sales  rooms  for 
the  display  of  the  va- 
rious cameras  manu- 
factured for  and  by 
them.  They  a  i' e 
trade  agents  for  the 
American  Optical 
V  o  ni  p  a  n  y.  w  h  o  s  e 
extensive  factories 
are  at  New  Haven, 
f'onn.;  and  are  ex- 
clusive agents  for 
nearly  all  the  lead- 
ing articles  required 
by  photograph  e  r  s  . 
The  history  of  this 
comjiany  is  clearly 
identical  with  the 
history  of  photog- 
rajthy  in  America  : 
for  with  the  intvo- 
duct  ion  of  the 
daguerreotype  p  v  o- 
cess  in  this  country 
in  1S42,  The  Scovill 
Manufacturing  Com- 
pany— whence  t  h  e 
Scovill  &  Adams 
Company  sprang — 
manufactured  t  li  e 
metal  plates  a  n  d 
other  materials  nec- 
essary for  making  the  dagueireotype.     The  Scovill  &   Adams  Cotn- 


])any  succeeded  to  the  jihotographic  department  of  the  parent  company, 
anil  The  Scovill  &  Adams  Company  of  New  Yoik  succeeded  the  latter 
and  was  duly  incorporated  as  an  independent  concern  u\ider  the  laws 
of  the  state  of  New  York.  It  is  the  oldest  as  well  as  the  largest  and  most 
reliable  company  dealing  in  photographic  goods  in  ,\uierica,  if  not  in  the 
world.  The  Scovill  &  Adams  Company  of  New  York  are  also  extensive 
publishers,  having  a  list  of  over  .")()  dilTerent  publications  devoted  exclusively 
to  photograjihy.  They  were  the  founders  of  the  I'hotograiihic  Times,  the 
leading  magazine  of  the  art  in  this  country,  and  the  linest  illustrated 
photograidiic  periodical  in  tlie  world.  They  also  i)ublish  the  American 
Annual  of  Photograijliy.  which  bus  reached  a  circulation  of  twenty  thou- 
sand copies  yearly,  and  is  univeisally  regarded  as  the  idiotographers"  Badae- 
ker  guide.  Though  The  Scovill  S:  Adams  Company  of  New  York  has  a  long 
and  varied  history,  the  management  has  been  substantially  the  same  from 
its  organization.  W.  1.  Lincoln  Adams,  is  vice-i)resi(lent,  and  E.  1!.  Young, 
•li-..  is  secretary  of  the  conn)any. 


STEPHEN  M.  I!.\N1).\LL.  Contractor  and  linildcr.  No.  41  AVorld 
ISuililing.— This  gentleman  has  been  engaged  in  this  business  since 
ISC).'),  and  the  high  reputation  he  enjoys  has  been  secured  upon  the 
leuitimate  basis  of  superiority  of  work  and  substantial  elegance  of 
all  consti  ui-tion.  Strictly  high-class  work  is  his  specialty,  and  he  furnishes 
estimates  for  all  classes  of  engineering  construction.  He  has  become 
widely  recognized  as  an  authority  upon  all  matteis  pertaining  to  modern 
architecture"  and  has  erected  many  elaborate  and  costly  structures  in  this 
city  and  Brooklyn,  and  on  Long  Island.  Among  the  number  maybe 
named  the  new  Ireland  Building,  West  Md  Street  and  West  Broadway, 
Bonded  Warehouses.  Washington  and  West  Streets,  among  others  in  this 
city  Lawrence  Club  House,  Wallabout  Bank  Building,  Public  School  No. 
110  three  fire  eno-ine  houses,  eighteen  houses  for  Seth  Low,  four  shelter 
houses  at  Prospect  Park,  four  houses  on  Seventh  Avenue,  and  the  apart- 
ment house  at  Myrtle  and  Clinton  Avenues,  Brooklyn  ;  also,  Suffolk  County 
Almshouse,  L,  L,  and  five  buildings  for  Kings  C.mnty  Hospital,  Flatbusb. 
L  I  Mr  Bandall  has  a  workshop  at  No.  154  Manhattan  Avenue.  Brooklyn, 
where  he  turns  out  a  large  amount  of  structural  and  ornamental  woo.l 
work  for  buildings,  and  supplies  promptly  the  clioicest  of  building  mate- 
rials on  the  most  favorable  terms,  altogether  giving  employment  during 
the  season  to  one  hundred  hands.  Mr.  Kandall  is  a  native  of  Long  Islan.l. 
and  a  well-known  citizen  of  Brooklyn:  a  director  of  the  Seventeenth 
Ward  Bank  and  the  Brooklyn  Y.  M.  C.  A.  -.a  member  of  the  Mechanics' 
and  Traders'  Association  and  the  Kings  and  Queens  County  Manufacturers 
A.^sociation.  and  a  prominent  officer  of  the  Tabernacle  M.  E.  Church, 
Brooklyn. 


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BOSTOX  WOVEX  HOSE  AND  RUBBER  COMPANY,  H.  F.  Hering. 
Manager,  Xo.(i:)  Reade  Street. — Tliis  coinijaiiy,  whose  main  office  is 
at  Xo.  2To  Devonshire  Street,  Boston,  are  extensive  n)anufacturers  of 
rubber  and  cotton  hose  and  belting,  packing,  gaskets,  valves,  tub- 
ing, matting,  cross-stitch  belting,  garden  hose  and  supplies,  mill  hose  and 
sujiplies.  bicycle  tires,  and  other  mechanical  rubber  goods.  The  leading 
specialty  of  the  Xew  York  house  just  now  is  the  "  Yim  '"  single-tube  tire, 
which  has  become  so  widely  popular  in  the  bicycle  world.  The  "  Yim  " 
combines  all  the  desirable  points  in  the  single-tube  tire,  while  it  is  curved 
imderaslow  open  heat,  which  retains  the  life  and  quality  of  the  rubber  and 
makes  a  faster  tire.  It  is  made  on  a  "constrictive  "  principle,  which  gives 
it  more  speed  and  enables  it  to  hug  the  rim  more  closely.  It  will  not  creep 
like  a  moulded  tire,  for  when  inflated  it  fits  itself  to  the  rim.  Being  made  of 
close-woven  fabric,  it  is  less  liable  to  ])uncture  than  other  single-tube  tire, 
while  it  is  the  most  perfect  single-tube  tire  on  the  market,  being  jjerfect  in 
shape  when  shipped,  and  retaining  its  shape  in  use.  The  pebbled  tread, 
one  of  its  prominent  characteristics,  prevents  the  rider  from  slipi)ing.  and 
gives  added  speed,  while  it  also  makes  it  more  durable.  The  "Vim  is 
the  fastest  tire  m<ide,  as  is  proven  by  those  who  have  ridden  it,  and  its 
riders  are  taken  care  of  when  repairs  are  needed,  quickly  and  well.  The 
Xew  York  house  supplies  the  trade  in  this  state  and  south  toTlorida.  A 
large  and  complete  stock  of  the  company's  goods  is  kept  on  hand,  and 
orders  of  whatever  magnitude  are  filled  with  promptness  and  on  the  most 
favorable  terms.  Illustrated  catalogues  supplied  on  application.  Mi-. 
Hering,  the  manager,  is  a  native  of  Xew  .Jersey,  who  lias  been  connected 
with  this  line  of  business  for  some  years.  He  has  been  in  charge  of  this 
office  since  it  was  first  opened  in  October,  180.5,  and  has  made  himself 
eminently  popular  with  a  wide  circle  of  trade. 

NEW  YORK  DREDGIXU  COMPAXY,  World  Building.— This  com- 
pany are  civil  engineers  and  contractors  for  railway  and  highway 
bridges,  piers  and  docks,  dredging  and  harbor  improvement, 
flumes,  dams,  pipe  lines,  coal  bunkers,  and  structural  iron  and 
steel  work.  In  1892  the  Sau  Francisco  P.ridge  Company,  which  had  been 
established  since  1877,  opened  its  business  on  the  Atlantic  Coast  with  its 
principal  office  in  Xew  York  City,  and  in  Is'.).',  it  incorporated  its  eastern  busi- 
ness under  the  name  of  the  Xew  York  Dredging  Company,  with  a  paid-up 
capital  of  sj.-jO.dOO.  Here  in  the  East  they  have  won  a  high  prestige  for 
their  success  in  dredging  and  harbor  iniprovenient,  and  have  carried 
through  to  completion  many  large  and  important  contracts.  They  have 
reclaimed  one  million  yards  of  land  in  Boston  Harbor:  one  million  yards 
of  channel  dredging  on  St.  John's  River.  Fla..  providing  deep  water  navi- 
gation to  Jacksonville;  one  and  one-half  million  cubic  yards  of  channel 
dredging  and  land  reclamation  at  AYashington,  D.  C. ;  one  million  cubic 


yards  of  chauuel  dredging  to  give  deep  water  api)roach  to  Texas  City;  one 
million  cubic  yards  of  filling  and  $100,000  worth  of  docks  and  railroad  ter- 
minal for  the  Xorfolk  &  Western,  and  Xorfolk  &  Cai  olina  Railroad,  at  Xor- 
folk.  Va. ;  and  are  now  engaged  in  reclaiming  important  properties  back  of 
Atlantic  City,  X.  J.  They  have  two  dredges  in  operation  here  and  two  on 
the  Pacific  Coast,  and  have  built  and  shipped  one  to  the  Hawaiian  Govern- 
ment. They  are  owners  of  the  San  Francisco  Bridge  Company's  patent 
canal  excavator,  and  have  unequaled  facilities  for  rajjid  and  effective  work, 
giving  employment  to  an  average  force  of  one  hundred  men.  The  officers 
of  the  company  are  as  follows,  viz:  Geo.  AY.  Catt,  president  and  engineer: 
J.  Williams  Macy,  vice-piesident;  O.  L.  AVilliams.  secretary  and  treasnier. 
President  Catt  is  a  native  of  Iowa,  a  graduate  of  the  Iowa  State  Univer- 
sity, and  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  formerly 
with  the  King  Bridge  Company,  of  Cleveland.  O. 

WILLIAM  O.  STEELE.  Representing  the  Buffalo  Forge  Companj, 
Xo.  40(i  Havemeyer  Building.— The  immense  industrial  inter- 
ests of  the  country,  growing  in  extent  and  importance  with 
rapid  .strides,  is  the  means,  more  or  less  direct,  of  bringing 
to  the  front  many  enterprising  men  engaged  as  agents  for  manufacturers 
in  every  large  commercial  centre.  In  Xew  York  this  rightful  self-asser- 
tion is  observable  in  no  more  marked  degree  than  in  the  case  of  Mr. 
William  O.  Steele,  re-presenting  the  Buffalo  Forge  Company.  The  above 
comi)any  is  internationally  famous  for  the  manufacture  of  the  Buffalo 
steam  hot  blast  apparatus,  also  steel  plate  steam  fans,  vertical  and  hori- 
zontal engines,  cupola  and  forge  blowers,  shavings  exhaust  fans,  hand 
blowers,  forges,  drills,  blacksmith  punches  and  shears,  exhaust  ventilating 
wheels,  etc..  with  main  office  and  works  in  Buffalo,  X.  Y.,  and  branch 
offices  in  Xew  York,  Chicago,  Philadelphia,  London,  Paris  and  St.  Peters- 
burg. The  X  ew  York  office  wa.s  0])ened  in  1893,  under  it.s  present  manage- 
ment, and  has  charge  of  all  business  for  the  company  in  Eastern  Xew 
York,  Xew  England  and  Xorthern  Xew  Jersey.  Mr.  Steele  makes  a  lead- 
ing specialty  of  supplying  heating  apparatus,  drying  and  cooling  jilants. 
ventilating  fans,  high  speed  engines  and  blowers,  and  his  steady  iirogres- 
sion  to  the  front  rank  of  the  trade  is  the  immediate  effect  of  the  superior 
facilities  at  his  command  for  obtaining  the  most  reliable  supplies  in  this 
line,  and  the  unqualified  satisfaction  he  is  enabled  to  <vjve  as  regards  terms 
and  conditions,  which  are  always  alike  favorable  and  straightforward. 
He  is  thus  held  in  the  highest  repute  throughout  the  wide  territory  named, 
and  is  accorded  unlimited  confidence  and  enduring  sup))ort  from  consum- 
ers in  all  the  principal  seats  of  industry  located  in  his  field  of  labor.  Mr. 
Steele  is  a  well-known  Xew  Ycnker,  who  has  long  been  connected  with 
this  line  of  trade,  and  is  provided  with  every  facility  for  expediting  the 
transaction  of  the  important  trade  controlled. 


41  NEW  YORK- f  896.  9h 


CAPO-FARAD  BATTERY  AND  APrLIANCE  WORKS,  No.  27 
Thames,  Coiner  Greenwich  Streets. — The  adult  science  of  elec- 
tricity owes  much  of  its  commercial  and  economic  success  to 
the  hard-headed,  keen-witted  investigator,  who  in  addition  to 
technical  expertshi])  combines  inventive  genius  with  strong  commercial 
ability  and  business  sense;  and  in  this  category  none  are  more  worthy  of 
well  won  tribute  than  Mr.  Jas.  J.  Pearson,  proprietor  of  the  Capo-Farad 
Battery  and  Appliance  Works,  in  New  York  and  Brooklyn,  with  offices  as 
above,  who  has  invented  and  produced  the  smallest  and  strongest  primary 
battery  yet  made,  and  whose  manufactures  are  as  well  known  and 
ai)proved  throughout  tlie  continent  of  Europe  as  on  this.  The  problem  of 
combining  E.  M.  F.  and  longevity  in  such  dimensions  and  weights  as  would 
enable  the  use  of  electric  batteries  in  sucii  industries  as  have  liitherto  been 
shut  out  from  their  use  owing  to  the  awkward  size  and  make  of  the 
ordinary  manufacture  has  been  adequately  solved  by  Mi'.  Pearson  in  his 
Capo-Farad  cell.  By  its  use  many  departments  of  established  industries 
are  able  to  manufacture  on  lines  and  in  amount  previously  impossible. 
Conspicuous  among  its  more  prominent  uses  may  be  mentioned  firing, 
testing,  signaling,  illuminating,  electrolysis,  cautery,  Rliunikorff  and 
Faradic  coils,  galvanic  coni)les,  telegraphy  and  telephone,  together  with  a 
host  of  other  applications.  Some  conception  of  the  importance  of  its  field 
may  be  gathered  from  the  fact  that  two,  witli  a  total  weight  of  two  ounces, 
will  run  a  long  distance  telephone;  four  can  be  jilaced  in  an  ordinary  walk- 
ing cane  and  will  give  light  as  a  street  lantern,  or  for  a  reading  lamp  for 
six  continuous  hours.  One  will  stow  in  a  single  pouch  of  a  cartridge  belt 
and  enable  the  mining  engineer  and  prospector  to  fire  a  dynamite  charge 
at  300  feet.  One  will  fire  the  heaviest  gun  in  the  United  States  navy, 
operate  a  physician's  ordinary  medical  battery;  ring  a  door  bell  for  a  year, 
or  do  any  and  all  work  for  which  an  ordinary  battery  is  suitable.  The  size 
is  half  an  inch  in  diameter,  and  two  and  one-half  inches  long,  with  a 
weight  of  little  over  one  ounce,  and  the  complete  battery  can  be  mailed 
ready  for  use  to  any  part  of  the  world  under  a  two-cent  stamp.  The 
ingredients  are  silver  chloride  and  zinc,  the  latter  being  both  an  element 
and  the  containing  shell.  Having  a  liquid  electrolyte  it  has  all  the  advan- 
tages of  rapidity  and  low  internal  resistance  claimed  for  a  wet  cell,  while 
being  securely  and  hermetically  "capsule"  sealed  it  calls  for  no  prepara- 
tion, care  or  attention,  a  condition  hitherto  claimed  exclusively  for  the 
dry  cell.  Mr.  Pearson  is  a  native  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  England,  where  he 
served  an  apprenticeship  under  Sir  W.  G.  Armstrong  as  civil  and  mechan- 
ical engineer.  He  came  to  this  country  in  1890,  and  is  now  fully  identified 
with  this  city  and  many  of  its  organizations.  He  is  prominent  in  society, 
a  member  of  several  well-known  clubs,  and  has  a  strong  following  of 
warm  and  steadfast  friends,  won  by  his  frank,  courteous  manners  and 
ready  tact,  and  retained  by  the  sterling  (jualities  of  the  man.    He  has  not 


yet  reached  his  fortieth  year  and  with  his  splendid  energy  and  physique, 
qualities  inherited  from  a  long  line  of  thrifty  ancestors  on  the  Scottish 
border,  his  future  is  regarded  as  big  with  promise  of  increasing  success. 

FRANKLIN  C.  WHITE,  Hardware  Manufacturers'  Agent,  Room  10, 
No.  29  Murray  Street. — The  manufacture  of  specialties  in  shelf 
hardware,  house  furnishings,  small  iron  toys,  etc.,  has  become  an 
individual  industry  of  steadily  growing  importance,  and  the  goods 
liave  also  become  greatly  advanced  in  point  of  excellence,  as  regards 
quality  and  durability.  A  leading  agent  for  manufacturers  of  goods  in 
this  line  is  Mr.  Franklin  C.  White,  who  is  a  native  of  Connecticut,  and  was 
formerly  engaged  in  tlie  manufacture  of  hardware  specialties  at  Rocky 
Hill,  that  state,  as  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Hart  &  Co.  In  1884.  having  come 
to  New  York,  he  established  business  in  his  present  line,  in  which  he  has 
attained  well  merited  success,  as  is  shown  in  tlie  fact  that  his  trade  connec- 
tion now  extends  all  over  the  United  States,  South  and  Central  America, 
Mexico,  Cuba  and  Australia.  For  the  past  five  years  he  has  been  agent 
for  the  productions  of  Wm.  Shimer,  Son  &  Co.,  of  Freeniansburgh,  Pa., 
manufacturers  of  sad  irons,  shelf  hardware,  brackets,  house  furnishings, 
and  iron  toys,  such  as  safes,  railroad  trains,  etc.  Mr.  White  has  also  been 
agent  the  past  five  years  for  the  F.  B.  Harkins  Foundry  Company,  of 
Bristol,  Pa.,  manufacturers  of  grate  bars,  dumb  bells,  quoits,  sash  weights, 
iron  washers,  etc.  Tliese  goods  are  of  standard  reimtatioii  in  the  trade 
and  Mr.  White  is  prepared  to  supply  them  to  dealers  upon  the  most  liberal 
terms. 

ARMINIUS  CHEMICAL  COMPANY,  No.  18  Wall  Street.— This  com- 
pany was  organized  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  West  Virginia 
and  commenced  operations  in  June,  1894,  with  large  capital  and 
ample  resources.  Rowland  F.  Hill  is  president  of  the  company; 
J.  Frederic  Kernoclian,  vice-president;  William  Man,  secretary  and  treas- 
urer, and  William  IT.  Adams,  general  manager.  These  gentlemen  are  all 
men  of  business  al)ility  and  experience,  well  and  favorably  known  in  financial 
and  commercial  circles.  jMessrs.  Hill  and  Kernoclian  were  both  born  in  New 
York  state  and  have  lived  in  this  city  a  number  of  years.  Mr.  Man  is  a  New 
Yorker  by  birth  and  resides  in  New  Jersey,  and  Mr.  Adams  is  in  charge  of 
operations  at  the  mines,  which  are  located  near  Mineral  City,  Louisa  County, 
Virginia.  The  Arminius  Chemical  Company  are  miners  and  crushers  of 
iron  pyrites,  from  which  sulphuric  acid  is  made.  They  have  excellent  pro- 
ductive facilities,  with  a  well-equipped  mill  at  the  mines  for  crushing  the 
crude  mineral  substance.  They  produce  a  superior  article,  and  their  prod- 
nct  is  used  extensively  in  the  United  States.  With  the  advantages  they 
enjoy,  they  are  prepared  to  supply  manufacturers  and  the  trade  generally 
at  favorable  rates,  and  can  fill  orders  for  any  quantity  on  short  notice, 


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HDeC.  I;ICIIAI;D.S,  Constructing  Engineer  and  Contractor,  Rail- 
roads and  Waterworks,  Electric  Kailways,  No.  123  Liberty  Street. 
^  — This  gentleman  is  an  expert  civil  engineer  of  over  twenty 
years"  experience,  and  is  jjrepared  to  contract  for  the  construc- 
tion of  railroads,  water  works,  gas  plants,  electric  light  and  power  plants, 
electric  railways,  etc.  lie  superintends  construction,  obtains  rights  of  way 
and  franchises,  and  forms  and  promotes  corporate  enterprises  of  the  kind 
indicated.  Ills  specialty  is  large  contracts,  and  Mr.  Richards  has  achieved 
a  deservedly  high  prestige  for  his  success  in  all  branches  of  engineering 
and  construction.  He  has  done  a  large  amount  of  work  for  railroads, 
mining  companies  and  other  parties  throughout  the  United  States,  and 
built  water  works  at  Conneaut,  O.,  and  Fayetteville,  N.  C. ;  and  an  electric 
plant  at  Elyria,  O.  Previous  to  1890  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Ferris, 
Halladay  &  Richards  for  ten  years.  That  firm  built  water  works  at  Jersey 
City,  N.  J.;  St.  Paul,  Minn.;  Portland,  Me.;  Concord,  N.  H.;  Norwich, 
Conn.;  Rome,  N.  Y.;  Glens  Fall.s,  N.  Y. ;  West  Troy,  N.  Y.;  Middletown, 
N.  Y.;  West  Pittston,  Pa.;  Rahway,  N.  J.;  Harrison,  N.  J.;  Belfast,  Me.; 
Waltham,  Mass.;  Concord,  Miiss.;  Putnam,  Conn.;  Cliarlotte,  N.  C. ; 
Palatka,  Fla ,  and  various  other  places.  He  has  won  an  enviable  name  for 
skill  and  resjionsibility  as  an  engineer,  promoter  and  builder. 

FH.  MELVIIjEE,  Manufacturer  of  Special  Mailing  Devices  and 
Agent  for  Kerr  Bi  os.  &  Co.,  Manufacturers  of  Ash  and  Hickory 
^  Handles,  Etc.,  No.  .")5  North  Moore  Street. — Prominent  among  the 
manufacturers  of  specialties  peculiar  to  their  own  establishments 
in  the  metropolis  stands  Mr.  F.  H.  Melville,  manufacturer  of  Melville's 
Iniiiroved  Clima.K  Sample  Mail  Box.  This  box  is  for  fertilizers,  and  the 
only  box  on  the  market  wliich  prevents  odor,  being  all  tin;  while  for 
sugars  and  all  kinds  of  ground  or  pulverized  goods  it  has  no  equal.  He  is 
also  sole  manufacturer  of  Melville's  Climax  Liquid  Mailing  Cases,  for  mail- 
ing molasses,  syrups,  oils,  varnishes,  or  liquids  of  any  description,  with  or 
without  bottle,  as  required;  offering  absolute  protection  from  breakage, 
and  in  full  conformity  with  the  United  States  postal  laws  in  relation  to 
same.  Mr.  Melville  is  also  sole  manufacturer  in  the  United  States  of 
Melville's  Standard  "Anti-Rust  Grease,"  the  only  absolutely  sure  rust  pre- 
ventive, which  is  now  used  by  most  stationary  and  marine  engine  builders, 
textile  machinery  makers,  machine  tool  and  bicycle  makers,  and  others 
having  bright  parts  to  protect  against  rust  during  transit  or  erection.  It 
is  sent  on  thirty  days  approval,  absolute  protection  being  guaranteed  or  no 
sale.  He  is  likewise  prominent  as  agent  for  Kerr  Bros.  &  Co.,  manufactur- 
ers of  ash  and  hickory  handles,  at  Hicksville,  Ohio.  The  facilities  of  the 
above  firm  for  manufacturing  extra  long  handles  are  unsurpassed  in  this 
country,  and  their  specialties  embrace  broom  handles,  ice  tool  handles, 
hay  fork  handles,  rake  handles,  hoe  handles,  shovels,  cant  hook  handles, 


tent  poles,  neck  yokes,  round  hickory  single-trees,  the  "Charm"  camp 
stool  frame,  tent  and  awning  woodwork,  the  family  extension  table,  and 
wood  turnings  of  every  description.  Quotations  are  furnished  on  receipt 
of  sample  o)'  drawings  of  anything  required.  Illustrated  catalogues  of  all 
the  above  specialties  can  be  procured  of  Mr.  Melville.  His  trade  extends 
throughout  the  United  States,  South  America,  Mexico  and  the  West  Indies, 
and  is  annually  increasing.  Mr.  Melville  is  a  native  of  England,  who  came 
to  this  country  thirty  years  ago,  and  has  been  engaged  in  business  here 
since  1878. 

HE.  COLLINS  &  CO.,  Wm.  R.  Sattler,  Manager,  Ilavemeyer  Build- 
ing, No.  26  Cortlandt  Street. — The  advanced  requirements  of 
^  modern  steam  engineering,  so  diverse  and  conii)lex,  call  for  the 
highest  type  of  boilers,  in  order  to  insure  economical  and  satisfac- 
tory service.  The  model  boiler  must  be  made  of  the  best  selected  material.'- 
by  skilled  workmen;  it  must  be  economical  in  first  cost;  have  the  maximum 
efficiency;  be  easy  of  access  for  cleaning  and  repairs;  furnish  perfectly  dry 
steam,  and  be  absolutely  safe  from  explosion.  Such  a  boiler  is  the  "  C'ahall  " 
Vertical  Water  Tube  Boiler,  manufactured  only  by  the  Aultman  &  Taylor 
Machinery  Company,  of  .Mansfield,  Ohio.  The  sole  agents  of  this  company 
in  the  United  States  are  Messrs.  H.  E.  Collins  &  Co.,  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
who  are  represented  in  New  York  by  Mr.  Wm.  R.  Sattler,  who  has  the 
management  of  the  business  in  New  York,  New  Jersey  and  New  England. 
The  "  Cahall  ■'  boilers  have  successfully  stood  the  severest  tests  of  yeais, 
and  meet  thoroughly  every  requirement.  Among  their  advantages  may  be 
named  the  total  absence  of  all  cast  metal  in  their  construction,  and  the  ab- 
sence of  flat  surfaces,  braces,  stay  bolts  and  hand-hole  plates,  as  well  as 
water-legs,  the  hinging  movement  of  which  in  other  types  is  shown  to  exist 
by  the  sagging  of  the  lower  rows  of  tubes  and  constant  leaking;  special 
adaptability  to  situations  requiring  the  use  of  impure  feed  water;  high 
pressure,  every  boiler  being  designed  to  carry  a  constant  working  pressure 
of  l.")0  pounds;  perfect  circulation  tending  towards  preserving  uniformity 
in  the  temperature  in  all  parts  of  the  boiler,  thus  doing  away  with  the  ex- 
cessive strains  due  to  the  sudden  heating  and  cooling  of  metals  and  the 
consequent  loosening  of  parts;  economy  in  fuel  and  maintenance;  excel- 
lence of  design,  material  and  workmanship:  small  amount  of  ground  space 
required,  and  low  first  cost.  In  every  case  the  "  Cahall  "  boilers  are  found 
best  adapted,  by  reason  of  their  strength,  honest  workmanship  and  quick 
steaming  properties,  to  respond  to  calls  for  increased  pressure  and  supply 
of  the  highest  limit  of  horse  power,  and  the  public  of  New  York  and 
vicinity  find  them  to  be  the  strongest  and  best  on  the  market.  Mr.  Sattler, 
the  manager  of  the  New  York  office,  is  a  well-known  resident  of  Elizabeth, 
N.  J.,  and  an  honored  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical 
Engineers  and  the  Society  of  Naval  Architects  and  Marine  Engineers. 


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G RENVILLE  PEKRIN  &  CO.,  Flour  and  Grain,  Xo.  407  Produce 
Excliansie.— Few  houses  in  the  metropolis  are  so  well  equipjied 
tor  suocessful  and  satisfactory  service  as  that  of  Messrs.  Gren- 
ville  Perrin  <fe  Co.,  the  well-known  dealer.s,  exi)orters  and  com- 
mission mercliants  in  Hour  and  grain.  This  iirm  are  especially  prominent 
in  trade  circles  as  managers  in  New  York  and  New  Jersey  lor  the  Con- 
sDlidaled  MilHng  Company,  of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota.  This  company 
manufacture  spring  wheat  flour,  and  among  their  most  famous  brands  are 
numbered  the  "  Ceresota,"  "  Christian  Superlative,"  "  Columbia,"  and 
•'Galaxy,"  all  fancy  patents,  and  "  Cerena,"  bakers"  flour.  The  above 
may  be  said  to  represent  the  very  cream  of  the  company's  product,  and  as 
such  have  a  wide  popularity  and  an  immense  sale  both  at  home  and  abroad. 
With  a  plant  conii)osed  of  mills  model  and  modern  in  equipment  and  eco- 
nomical in  operation,  handled  by  al)le  men.  and  having  a  capacity  of  10,.jOO 
barrels  per  day,  this  company  represents  all  that  is  modern  in  machinery 
and  methods,  and  is  complete  master  of  the  situation,  fearing  no  competi- 
tion, and  prepared  to  outrival  its  most  formidable  contemporaries  in  both 
quality  and  extent  of  output.  It  has  extended  its  trade  relations  all  over 
the  world,  and  has  its  own  depots  throughout  the  United  States,  and  agents 
in  London,  Liverpool,  Glasgow,  Leith,  Dundee  and  Aberdeen,  Belfast, 
Dublin,  Amsterdam,  Antwerp,  IJremen  and  Christiana.  Messrs.  Grenville 
Perrin  and  Charles  B.  Bogart  are  members  of  the  New  York  Produce 
Exchange,  and  have  been  in  the  flour  and  grain  trade  for  twenty  years. 
The  advantages  possessed  by  them  are  of  the  best  possible  character,  and 
their  transactions  are  marked  by  careful  attention  to  every  detail. 

THE  NE\V  YORK  CONFECTION  COMPANY,  S.  J.  Everitt,  Mana- 
ger, Manufacturers  of  Fine  Confectionery,  for  Railroads,  Circuses 
and  Excursions,  Nos.  70  and  78  Varick  Street. — The  business  of 
this  widely-known  house  was  inaugurated  many  years  ago,  and 
owing  to  the  excellence  of  its  goods,  tliey  soon  came  into  active  demand, 
and  the  trade  rapidly  assumed  large  proportions.  In  1889  The  New  Y^ork 
Confection  Con\pany  was  organized,  and  incorporated  under  the  laws  of 
Nevv  York,  with  ample  capital,  its  present  officers  being  as  follows,  viz. : 
.Joseph  Elswortli,  president;  Sylvester  Pope,  secretary  and  treasurer,  and 
Samuel  J.  Everitt,  general  manager.  The  factory  occupies  three  floors, 
each  of  which  has  a  surface  area  of  50  xOO  feet,  and  is  fitted  up  throughout 
with  the  best  approved  conveniences.  A  force  of  fifteen  men  and  of  thirty 
women  and  girls  are  heie  steadily  employed,  and  the  output  is  heavy  and 
comprehensive.  It  embraces  the  manufacture  of  all  kinds  of  fine  candies 
and  confections,  all  of  which  are  noted  for  their  excellent  flavor  and  gen- 
eral superiority.  In  the  confections  only  the  purest  and  best  grades  of 
material  are  used,  and  wherever  introduced  these  goods  at  once  become 
prime  favorites  with  the  public.    The  trade  is  exclusively  wholesale  and 


extends  to  all  parts  of  the  country.  The  officers  of  this  reliable  concern 
are  all  prominent  and  representative  business  men,  and  of  the  highest 
standing  in  leading  trade  and  linancial  circles. 

THE  HILL  CLU'l'CH  WORKS,  Joseph  E.  Irwin,  Manager  Eastern 
Ottice,  No.  15  Cortlandt  Street. — This  company  are  widely  and  de- 
servedly prominent  as  manufacturers  of  clutch  jjulleys,  clutch 
couplings,  plain  cast-iron  pulleys,  shafting,  post  and  drop  hang- 
ers, ball  and  socket  sell-oiling  liearings,  floor  stands,  etc.  Complete  equip- 
ments of  power  transmission  nuichinery  are  furnislied  through  this  house, 
and  prices  are  quoted  upon  application.  The  success  of  this  corpoiation 
is  due  to  the  great  superiority  of  its  productions,  as  well  as  to  the  enterprise 
and  skill  of  the  ofiicers  and  managers,  who  are  thoroughly  piactical  men 
and  give  the  business  the  benefit  of  their  close  personal  attention.  Mr. 
Irwin,  manager  of  the  eastern  office,  is  an  expert  mechanical  engineer  of 
large  experience,  who  came  here  in  1890,  having  been  manager  of  the 
Cleveland  office  of  the  company  for  four  years  previously.  He  has  de- 
signed the  power  transmitting  machinery  for  some  of  the  largest  electric 
light  and  railroad  plants  in  the  United  States,  including  the  Hartford 
Light  and  Power  Company  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  tlie  Riclimond  Railway 
and  Electric  Company  of  Richmond,  Va.,  among  many  others;  and  his 
patronage  is  large  and  influential  tlnoughont  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Del- 
aware, Maryland,  Pennsylvania  and  New  England.  Estimates  and  illus- 
trated catalogues  furnished  on  application,  as  well  as  drawings  for  all 
kinds  of  mill  work.  On  June  1st,  1895,  Mr.  C.  F.  McMurray  of  Troy,  N.  Y., 
connected  himself  with  the  company  as  their  eastern  sales  agent  with 
offices  as  above  and  at  No.  7  Pearl  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

SVALFER  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Fine  Velvet,  Plush  and  Morocco 
Cases  for  Jewelry  and  Silverware,  Nos.  48  and  .50  jSIaiden  Lane.— 
^  The  enterprise  conducted  by  this  firm  was  establislied  in  1878, 
*  and  from  its  inception  has  steadily  grown  and  prospered,  until  now 
the  house  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  important  firms  engaged  in  the 
industry.  Messrs.  Valfer  &  Co.  manufacture  a  large  and  varied  assort- 
ment of  goods,  including  among  others,  fancy  trays,  diamond  wallets, 
chamois  bags,  salesmen's  trays,  jewelry  cases  of  all  kinds,  paper  boxes, 
tags,  cards,  labels  and  findings,  while  the  leading  specialty  of  the  house 
consists  of  trays  and  rolls  for  cutlery  and  silverware.  The  firm's  factory  is 
provided  with  a  complete  equipment  of  macliinery  and  appliances  for  con- 
ducting the  business  on  a  broad  basis,  and  a  force  of  lifty  skilled  opera- 
tives is  required  in  the  transaction  of  affairs.  Messrs.  S.  Valfer  and  S. 
Weil,  the  individual  members  of  the  firm,  give  the  man.agement  of  their 
business  close  personal  supervision.  The  trade  is  wholes.ale,  and  covers  all 
sections  of  the  United  States,  while  an  extensive  export  business  is  trans- 
acted with  Canada,  Mexico,  Cuba  and  South  and  Central  America. 


4f  NEW 


MCCLELLAND  OIL  PURIFIER  CO-MPAXY.  The  Manhattan  Lite 
Building,  No.  Otj  Broadway.— Standing  prominent  among  the 
manufacturers  of  new  and  valuable  inventions  of  this  progressive 
age,  we  find  the  McClelland  Oil  Puritier  Company,  whose  factory 
is  located  in  Brooklyn.  For  the  past  ten  years  various  methods  and 
devices  have  been  used  to  filter  and  purify  the  waste  machine  and  lubri- 
cating oil.s.  after  they  have  done  their 
work  and  have  become  dirty  and  un- 
lit for  use.  A  number  of  filters 
which  passed  the  dirty  oil  through 
cotton  waste,  felt,  saw  dust,  etc., 
have  had  their  day.  it  being  found 
that  the  larger  particles  of  oil  and 
the  parafiiie  wax  which  gives  body 
and  viscosity  to  the  oil,  is  filtered 
out  with  the  impurities,  and  the 
product  is  a  light  rarefied  oil.  in- 
jurious to  machinery,  rather  than  a 
purified  oil  fit  to  be  used  again.  The 
McClelland  Oil  Purifier  is  not  a  filter, 
the  only  medium  being  heat  and 
water.  It  is  constructeil  on  strictly 
scientific  principles,  the  operation 
being  mechanical  and  automatic. 
Connection  should  be  made  with  the 
sewer  and  exhaust  steam,  and  the 
purifier  filled  one-third  with  water, 
which  is  gen  tly  warmed  by  turning 
on  the  steam.  The  impure  oil  is 
throwu  in  the  top  of  the  purifier, 
and,  after  being  screened,  passes 
through  a  strainer  through  an  inverted  pipe  in  the  centre  of  the  tank, 
mixing  with  the  water  in  the  bottom.  An  inverted  bell  prevents  the 
dirty  oil  from  rising  to  the  top  of  the  water,  while  the  heat  from  the 
.steam  coil  forms  fine  oil  globules  which  gently  rise,  as  cream  ri.ses  on  milk. 
The  sediment,  grit,  dirt  and  all  impurities,  heavier  than  the  water,  are 
readily  precipitated  and  drop  to  the  bottom,  the  purified  oil  rising  to  the 
top  into  a  storage  reservoir,  from  which  it  can  be  easily  drawn  off.  A 
great  advantage  of  the  McClelland  Oil  Purifier  is  the  facility  with  which 
it  can  be  cleansed.  As  the  company  guarantee  that  all  the  dirty  oil  placed 
in  the  purifier  will  be  made  as  good  as  the  original  oil,  the  saving  depends 
entirely  upon  the  amount  of  oil  that  can  be  caught  in  the  drip  pans  by  the 
engineer,  which  ought  to  be  at  least  ".5  per  cent.,  and  sometimes  as  high  as 
00  per  cent.  The  purifiers  are  made  of  heavy  galvanized  iron  with  brass 
fittings  and  handsomely  painted,  and  are  an  ornament  to  any  engine-room. 


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GEORGE  L.  EX(;LISH  &  CO.,  Mineralogists,  Xo.  64  East  12th 
Street.— This  house  was  originally  established  in  1887  in  Phila- 
delphia, by  Mr.  Geo.  L.  English,  who  removed  to  this  city  in  1890, 
and  is  conducting  the  enterprise  with  marked  ability  and  stead- 
ily increasing  success.  Mr.  English  is  an  experienced  mineralogist  and  an 
expert  judge  of  minerals  and  gems,  and  has  the  largest  collection  of 
minerals  and  rare  gems  to  be  found  in  this  city.  He  receives  his  supplies 
from  all  parts  of  the  world  and  deals  at  both  wholesale  and  retail.  He 
has  lately  prepared  many  new  collections  in  mineralogical  supplies,  micro- 
scopic mounts,  natural  crystals,  rare  gems  and  ores,  and  he  also  deals  in 
lenses,  books,  etc.,  and  his  collections  and  methods  of  dealing  are  endorsed 
by  the  leading  professors  of  Yale,  Harvard,  .lohns  Hopkins,  Columbia 
and  other  prominent  universities,  as  well  as  many  of  the  prominent 
foreign  museums,  such  as  the  British  Museum.  Ecole  des  Mines,  Paris  : 
Royal  Museums,  Vienna,  Dresden,  Budapest,  etc.  The  exhibit  of  gems 
made  by  this  hou.se  at  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition  in  18!t:J  attracted 
widcs[)read  attention  and  received  as  high  an  award  as  was  granted  to  any 
exhibitor.  The  collection  includes  diamonds,  golden  beryls,  amethysts, 
emeralds,  opals,  garnets,  peridots,  rubies,  sapphires,  topazes,  turquoises, 
spinels,  etc.  The  models  of  celelirated  diamonds  in  their  show  rooms, 
made  of  cut  glass,  are  perfect  copies  of  the  origiinxls  in  size,  appearance 
and  color.  Illustrated  circulars  and  price  lists,  and  artistically  illus- 
trated catalogues,  beautifully  bound  in  two  colors  of  cloth,  furnished  at 
.-)0  cents  eachrmailed  upon  application.  Mr.  Engli.sli  is  a  Philadelphian  by 
birth,  and  a  young  man  of  large  experience,  wide  observation  and  broad 
culture,  who  has  a  bright  future  before  him. 

GEORGE  W.  FULTON  ct  CO..  Manufacturers  of  .Silk  Curtains,  Etc.. 
.lo.  Frank.  Representative,  No.  34o  Broad  way.— This  extensive 
and  steadily  increasing  business  was  founded  seven  years  ago  by 
the  present  members  of  the  firm.  The  house  has  from  its  in- 
ception enjoyed  a  deservedly  prosperous  career,  the  unequivocal  superi- 
ority of  its  goods  contributing  to  its  well-earned  success.  The  New  York 
Mills,  in  PatcMson,  N.  .1.,  are  among  the  largest  and  best  equipped  of  their 
kind  in  the  country  and  their  output  is  heavy,  embracing  gazeline.  silk, 
silkoline.  and  cotton  and  silk  draperies.  The  premises  utilized  in  this 
city  as  office  and  salesrooms  are  centrally  located,  and  comprise  the  fourth 
floor  of  a  building  30  x  l.-)Ofeet  in  dimensions.  Here  is  carried  a  full  line 
of  samples  of  the  products  of  the  mills,  and  the  trade  from  here  is  very 
heavy,  extending  to  all  sections  of  the  continent.  Mr.  Frank  has  charge  of 
the  New  Y'ork  end  of  the  business,  and  under  his  able  and  enterprising 
management  its  continued  success  is  well  assured.  The  firm's  goods  are 
standards  in  the  markets,  and  have  no  superiors  in  America  or  Europe, 
while  the  prices  at  which  they  are  offered  necessarily  attract  the  attention 
of  careful  buvers. 


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PKKKLESS  RUBBER  MANUFACTUR1X(;  COMPAW,  Manufac- 
tincis  of  Fine  Mechanical  Rubber  GdikIs,  No.  I.j  Warren  Street. — 
rr(>l)ably  the  largest  and  best  known  corporation  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  fine  nieclianical  rubber  goods  is  the  Peerless  l!ub- 
ber  Manufacturing  Company,  of  this  city,  with  mills  and  factoiies  at  New 
Durham,  New  Jersey.  This  company  was  incori)orated  in  1S8S,  under  the 
laws  of  New  York,  with  a  capital  of  .$300,000,  and  is  officered  as  follows, 
viz.:  Cliarles  II.  Dale,  president;  C.  C.  Miller,  treasurer;  Brown  Caldwell, 
secretai-y;  J.  H.  Deming,  superintendent;  W.  (>.  Courtney,  manager  rail- 
road department,  and  R.  O.  Libby,  general  sales  agent.  The  company  are 
widely  and  deservedly  famous  as  the  sole  manufacturers  of  Rainbow 
packing  and  the  Eclipse  .Sectional  Rainbow  gaskets.  Peerless  piston  jiack- 
ing  and  air  brake  hose.  Rainbow  packing  is  especially  adapted  for  very 
high  pi'essure  and  is  not  affected  by  any  degree  of  steam  heat.  It  will  not 
harden  under  any  degree  of  heat,  or  blow  out  under  the  highest  pressure, 
and  will  make  an  air,  steam,  hot  or  cold  water  joint  ecjually  well.  It  is  not 
affected  by  oils,  ammonia,  liquors,  steam,  heat  or  alkalies.  Unlike  iilum- 
bago  or  usudurian,  it  will  not  harden  or  crack.  Joints  can  be  made  and 
broken  in  one-eighth  the  time  consumed  with  packings  that  harden,  as  a 
tool  is  not  required  to  break  or  face  off  joint.  In  fact,  "Rainbow"  has 
many  advantages  over  any  other  packing,  and  is  the  most  durable,  effec- 
tive, and  economical  packing  made.  The  Peerless  piston  and  valve  rod 
packing  is  made  with  round  red  rubber  core,  surrounded  by  layers  of  soft, 
loosely  woven  duck,  thoroughly  impregnated  with  finest  grade  of  plum- 
bago; absolutely  free  from  grit  or  acid.  It  will  hold  four  hundred  pounds 
of  steam.  It  will  tightly  pack  any  rod,  however  badly  scored  or  corroded. 
Large  rods  in  high  speed  engines  run  from  twelve  to  sixteen  months  with- 
out repacking.  The  company  guarantee  it  will  not  get  hard  under  any  de- 
gree of  heat.  The  "  Peerless  "  fire  hose  has  all  the  essentials  of  lightness, 
durability,  flexibility  and  strength,  and  is  widely  preferi  ed  by  the  chiefs  of 
our  large  city  fire  departments  to  any  other  make.  Other  specialties  of 
this  company  inclu(le  Peerless  air  brake  hose.  Peerless  and  Rainbow  rub- 
ber belting,  Peerless  leather  belting.  Peerless  rubber  matting,  Peerless 
combination  matting,  rubber  hose  pipes,  gas  bags,  steam  hose.  etc.  These 
goods  are  in  heavy  and  increasing  demand  throughout  the  United  States 
and  Canada,  and  orders  of  whatever  magnitude  are  filled  at  short  notice 
and  on  the  most  favorable  terms.  Illustrated  catalogues  are  mailed  on  ap- 
plication. President  Dale  is  a  native  of  New  York  State,  formerly  super- 
intendent of  the  New  Jer.sey  and  Lake  Shore  Railroad,  and  connected  with 
the  railroad  business  for  sixteen  years,  resigning  as  superintendent  of  the 
Georgia  Railroad  Company  to  accept  a  position  liere.  He  served  in  the 
war  for  the  Union  for  a  period  of  three  years  and  eight  months,  as  a  com- 
missioned officer,  and  has  a  wide  circle  of  friends  in  military,  Masonic  and 
business  circles;  has  served  as  chief  of  the  Order  of  Railway  Conductors, 
and  now  takes  the  management  of  affairs  in  the  New  York  office  of  this 


company,  thereby  securing  satisfaction  to  patrons  and  insuring  the  con- 
tinued success  and  permanent  prosperity  of  the  house.  Mr.  C.  C.  Miller, 
the  treasurer,  is  about  forty  years  of  age  and  was  for  many  years  cashier 
of  the  Westinghouse  Air  Brake  Company  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  He  is  promi- 
nent in  banking  and  club  circles  in  this  city  and  Pittsburgh,  a  millionaire, 
and  his  friends  are  legion.  Mr.  Caldwell,  the  secretary,  is  a  young  man  of 
marked  ability,  a  graduate  of  Yale  College,  and  enters  into  the  affairs  of 
tlic  company  with  a  view  of  acquiring  a  full  knowledge  of  the  business 
from  a  practical  standpoint. 

HWIEBKE  &  CO.,  Exporters,  Nos.  1!)  South  William  and  .j1 
•Stone  Streets.— The  prosperous  business  carried  on  by  II.  Wiebke 
^  &  Co.  has  been  established  for  the  past  ten  yeais.  It  was 
started  by  A.  C.  Klindtwortli,  who  conducted  the  same  up  to 
September  18,  i89.5,  when  it  was  combined  with  the  export  business  estab- 
lished some  time  ago  by  Mr.  Ed.  Maurer,  the  latter  taking  the  management 
of  the  new  concern.  Mr.  Wiebke  has  also  a  house  in  Port  au  Prince,  Hayti, 
and  resides  most  of  the  time  in  Wiesbaden.  II.  Wiebke  &  Co.  are  commis- 
sion merchants,  and  handle  all  products  for  export,  making  a  specialty  of 
provisions,  hardware  and  dry  goods.  They  have  a  trade  in  the  West 
Indies,  and  also  ship  quantities  of  goods  to  Central  and  South  America, 
where  they  have  correspondents.  The  quarters  occupied  by  the  firm  are 
commodious  and  convenient,  and  their  office  has  telephone  coiniection, 
"780  Broad."  They  have  all  facilities  for  the  prompt  and  satisfactory 
transaction  of  business,  and  can  execute  orders  on  short  notice. 

ARNOLD.  PECK  &  CO.,  Indigo,  Dye  Stuffs,  Chemicals,  Nos.  .31  to  33 
Pine  Street.— This  house  is  a  very  old  and  reinesentative  one.  and 
has  branches  at  Nos.  .5.1-61  Canal  Street,  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  141a 
Milk  Street,  Boston.  It  has  been  in  existence  over  eighty  years 
and  has  had  a  highly  prosperous  career.  The  business  was  established  in 
181.5  by  J.  H.  Mason  &  Sons,  who  were  followed  by  Earl  P.  Mason  &  Co., 
Snow,  Claflin  &  Co.,  Butts  &  Mason  and  Mason,  Chapin  &  Co.,  who  were 
succeeded  in  1S96  by  Arnold.  Peck  <fe  Co.  The  copartnership  is  composed 
of  Messrs.  Samuel  L.  Peck,  Edward  E.  Arnold  and  William  H.  Hoffman. 
These  gentlemen  have  all  been  long  connected  with  the  house  and  have 
been  members  of  the  firm  many  years.  They  are  men  Qf  energy  and  en- 
terprise, well  endowed  with  the  qualities  that  bespeak  success  in  the  busi- 
ness world.  They  represent  manufacturers,  and  are  sole  agents  for  the 
Mathieson  Alkali  Works,  Saltville,  Va.  They  are  importers  and  ex- 
porters, and  commission  merchants,  and  handle  high-giade  goods.  They 
carry  a  very  large  and  fine  stock  and  do  an  extensive  business.  They  can 
quote  lowest  prices  on  indigo,  dye  stuffs  and  chemicals,  and  are  prepared 
to  fill  orders  in  any  quantity,  at  short  notice,  and  on  most  favorable  terms. 


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HAKOI.D  MONTANYE,  Aivliitect,  No.  1127  Ameiicaii  Tiaot  Society 
Building. — The  arcliitecture  of  this  city  has  uiuleiiiably  uiidcr- 
f>onc'  great  changes  (hiring  even  the  past  decade.  In  a  word,  the 
l)rol'essi()n  of  architecture  has  itself  made  wonderful  advances, 
and  in  New  York  and  her  suburbs  pre-eminently  are  to  be  found  many  of 
the  most  triumphant  achievements  of  the  modern  architect.  This  progress 
is  shown  in  every  department  of  building,  even  the  modest  home  containing 
conveniences  that  were  denied  to  the  most  pretentious  structures  of 
earlier  days.  It  is  in  such  connection,  and  more  or  less  corroborative  of 
the  foregoing  expressed  views  on  tlie  subject  tliat  reference  is  made  to  one 
of  New  York's  l  ising  generation  of  arcliitects,  Mr.  Harold  Montanye.  lie 
was  born  and  resides  in  this  city,  studying  tlic  theoretical  sphere  of  his  vo- 
cation in  the  Columbia  College  School  of  Mines,  and  putting  such  theories 
to  a  practical  test  in  subordinate  co-operation  with  that  well-known  arch- 
itect, Mr.  Manley  N.  Cutter  of  this  city;  his  entire  preparatory  experience 
covering  a  period  of  ten  years.  He  embarked  in  the  individually  active 
l)rosecution  of  his  profession  some  brief  twelve  months  ago,  and  some 
idea  may  be  formed  as  to  his  ability  and  progressiveness  as  an  exponent  of 
the  same  when  the  statement  is  made  that  he  has  already  planned  ami 
superintended  the  erection  of  the  public  school,  the  residences  of  Messrs. 
Jos.  Letts,  and  John  E.  Foster,  and  the  buildings  for  the  estate  of  W.  11. 
Montanye  at  Atlantic  Highlands.  New  Jersey;  the  alterations  for  the  hotel 
of  Mr.  J.  M.  Van  Note  at  Long  Branch;  cottage  for  Mr.  W.  C.  Montanye  at 
Montclair;  designing  also  office  fixtures  and  interior  finish  for  the  offices 
of  Messrs.  W.  H.  Montanye  &  Co.,  on  West  Broadway.  His  plans  and 
specifications  are  always  complete  in  detail,  and  are  based  upon  the 
practical  plan  of  utilizing  the  least  space  to  the  greatest  advantage.  Mr. 
Montanye  is  a  member  of  the  Holland  Society  and  Knickerbocker  Athletic 
Club,  and  is  as  ])opular  in  this  social  direction  as  he  is  daily  growing  more 
prominent  in  his  professional  status. 

LEWIS  BERGER  &  SONS,  [Limited],  Ma.infactui'ers  of  Colors,  Paints 
and  Varnishes,  Vermilion,  Carmine,  Etc.,  White.  Red  and  Orange 
Lead,  No.  212  Bennett  Building,  Nassau  Street. — This  great  enter- 
prise, the  largest  in  the  world  of  its  kind,  was  founded  in  HfiO.  and 
the  New  York  branch  was  opened  in  ISS.").  The  works  are  situated  in  Lon- 
don and  Sheffield,  England,  covering  from  five  to  six  acres  of  land  at  encb 
])lace,  and  the  output  comjirises  a  strictly  high  grade  of  colors,  paints  and 
varnishes;  vermilion,  carmine,  white,  red  and  orange  lead,  which  are  com- 
bined by  processes  exclusively  the  property  of  the  house,  and  are  widely 
recognized  as  unequalled  in  rielmess,  i)ermanency  of  color,  and  durabilily. 
The  fine  varnishes  i)roduced  include  extra  wearing  body  varnish,  com  b 
rubbing,  extra  co^u-h  body,  elastic  gear,  extra  copal  nr  rui  iiiture  varnish, 


hiird  nil  liiiisb.  jiure  orange  shellac,  oil  shellac,  painters'  varnish,  (outside 
and  inside),  etc.  Their  Japan  dryers  are  free  from  sediment,  mix  with  oil 
without  curdling,  and  possess  powerful  drying  qualities.  Their  i)aiuts  are 
made  of  pure  linseed  oil,  lead,  zinc  and  Japan  dryer.  They  contain  no 
acid  or  alkali  water  solutions,  clay,  whiting  or  similar  adulterations,  but 
are  strictly  pure  jiaints  and  the  best  that  can  be  made.  The  firm  received 
llie  live  highest  awards  at  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition  in  18i);5,  and 
took  the  lirst  i)rizes  with  their  exhibit  of  thirty-two  horses  at  the  Horse 
Show  in  London  on  May  days  1894,  189.3  and  1896.  Mr.  James  W.  Garson, 
the  secretary  and  general  manager  of  the  comiiany  in  London,  England,  and 
the  United  States,  was  formerly  comiected  with  the  house  in  London  for 
many  years  previous  to  assuming  his  present  position,  and  is  an  authority 
in  the  paint  trade  of  the  world.  William  F.  Sieman,  the  general  ngent  in 
this  city  for  the  United  States,  Canada  and  South  America,  is  a  3'oung  man 
of  New  York  birth  and  has  filled  his  present  position  for  the  past  four 
years  with  credit  to  himself  and  the  growing  advantage  of  the  house.  The 
company  sells  to  jobbers  oidy,  and  the  tr.ade  is  only  limited  by  the  con- 
lines  of  civiliziition. 

NKW  VOP.K  AND  BKOOKLYN  MALTING  COMPANY,  Barley  Malt, 
Rooms  Nos.  B24  to  B  27  Produce  Exchange.— This  company  was 
org;inized  in  ISS9.  under  the  laws  of  New  York,  with  a  capital  of 
.•SPi."),!)!)!),  and  is  officered  as  follows,  viz:— Henry  Altenbrand, 
jiresident;  John  G.  (iillig,  vice-pre.sident;  R.  F.  Krackowizer,  .secretary 
and  treasurer.  Having  gentlemen  of  vast  practical  exi)erience  at  the  helm, 
with  a  perfect  knowledge  of  all  the  details  of  the  industry,  and  devoting 
close  i)ersonal  attention  to  the  business,  and  producing  only  the  finest 
grade  of  barley  malt,  this  company  quickly  gained  a  position  in  the  fore- 
most ranks  of  the  trade,  and  built  uj)  a  very  large  and  inHuential  i)atronage 
nmong  the  largest  brewers  in  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  Boston, 
P.nffaro.  Newark,  Brooklyn  and  New  England.  The  malt  house  in  Brooklyn 
is  at  Roebling  and  Nortli  7th  Streets,  and  has  four  kilns,  with  a  capacity  of 
l.-)O.Oon  bushels  per  year.  There  are  three  malt  houses  at  Buffalo,  with  an 
annual  capacity  of  000.000  bushels;  and  one  at  Chicago  having  a  yearly 
capacity  of  2.5oioOO  Imshels.  The  resources  and  facilities  of  the  company 
enable  them  to  fill  orders  of  any  size  at  short  notice  and  at  the  lowest 
market  prices  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  purchasers,  and  the  management 
is  universally  populnr  for  its  reliability  .and  honorable  methods.  Orders 
by  telei)lione.  "  1400  Broad."  by  telegraph  or  mail,  receive  immediate  per- 
sonal attention.  President  .\ltenbrand  is  an  expert  and  i)ractical  maltster 
of  large  experience  and  established  reputation.  Vice-president  (iillig  is 
the  managing  superintendent  of  Jacob  Ruppcrt's  brewery,  and  all  the 
officers  are  well-known  New  Yorkers,  members  of  the  New  York  Produce 
Isxchange,  Chicago  Board  of  Trade  and  Buffalo  Board  of  Trade, 


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DANIEL  E.  DOXOVAX.  Gniiiite  for  Macadam,  Mastic,  Sidewalks. 
Paving  Blocks.   Concrete   Binder,  Polishing,   Building  Stone; 
AnierFcan  Tract  Society  Building,  No.  150  Nassau  Street.— The 
trade  in  broken  st<nie  for  sidewalks  and  pavements  is  one  of  great 
magnitude  and  importance  in  the  metropolis,  and  the  leading  representa- 
tive of  the  industry  is  Mr.  Daniel  E.  Donovan,  who  is  an  extensive  quarrier 
and  wholesale  dealer  in  granite  for  macadam,  mastic,  sidewalks,  paving 
blocks,  concrete  binder,  polishing,  building  stone,  etc.,  with  quarries  and 
works  at  Round  Island  on  the  Hudson.    These  quarries  were  opened  in 
186S.  and  the  whole  island  of  fifteen  acres  is  owned  by  Mr.  Donovan.  He 
thus  has  unsurpassed  facilities  for  the  business,  and  is  prepared  to  quote 
prices  and  forward  samples  to  consumers  of  broken  stone  for  concrete, 
foundations,  roads,  artificial  stone  work,  plastering,  or  any  of  the  manifold 
uses  for  which  such  material  is  used.    He  employs  a  force  of  225  men, 
operates  three  large  stone  breakers  with  a  capacity  of  5.50  tons  per  day, 
and  can  furnish  promptly  any  size  granite  required,  and  in  any  desired 
quantities,  and  guarantee  uniformity  of  sizes,  with  absolute  freedom  from 
dust  or  foreign  matter  of  any  kind.    This  entire  absence  of  foreign  matter 
and  the  care  exerci.sed  in  its  preparation,  with  the  superior  quality  of  the 
stone,  combine  to  render  ''Round  Island  Granite"  capable  of  making  a 
stronger  concrete  with  less  cement  than  any  other  stone  upon  the  market. 
As  a  material  for  macadam  it  is  unapproachable,  being  jtractically  inde- 
structible by  reason  of  its  solidity.    It  is  used  by  the  various  city  depart- 
ments of  New^  York,  and  is  the  United  States  Government  standard,  while 
a  large  and  increasing  patronage  is  enjoyed  through  New  York,  New  Jersey, 
Pennsylvania  and  New  England.    Orders  by  telephone,  "2.50  Cortlandt," 
by  telegraph  or  mail,  are  given  immediate  attention,  and  shipments  are 
made  in  car  and  cargo  lots.    Mr.  Donovan  resides  at  Kingston.  New  York, 
and  is  represented  in  this  city  by  his  son,  Mr.  John  J.  Donovan,  who  is  a 
member  of  the  Building  Trades  Club  and  on  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the 
Mechanics'  aiul  Traders"  Exchange. 

KALAMEIN  IRON  GLAD  WORKS.  Manufacturers  of  the  Campbell 
Process  Kalameined  Sheet  Iron  Clad  Woodwork.  Nos.  .5.53  to  .557 
West  33rd  Street.— These  works  are  widely  and  deservedly  famous 
for  the  manufacture  of  the  Campbell  Process  Kalameined  Sheet 
Iron  Clad  Woodwork,  also  in  cold  rolled  copper  and  bronze  :  window- 
frames,  sashes,  doors,  shutters,  casings,  freight  and  passenger  elevator 
doors,  partitions,  wainscoting,  etc.  This  process  was  invented  by  Mr.  A.  J. 
Campbell  in  1S84.  and  the  present  works  were  established  by  him  the  same 
year.  At  his  lamented  death  in  1804,  his  widow  succeeded  to  the  control, 
with  Mr.  F.  A.  Howell  as  manager.  The  advantages  of  Kalameined  Iron 
Clad  Woodwork  are  many  and  valuable.  It  is,  in  the  first  place,  a  perfect 
protection  against  fire.    It  does  not  scale  or  crack  in  bending;  it  resists 


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acids,  atmospheric  ex))osure  and  flames  ;  it  is  so  smooth  and  perfect  when 
finished  and  painted  that  it  lias  the  appearance  of  woodwork;  while  it  is  as 
indestructible  as  any  material  used  in  any  building,  and  the  windows  never 
'•stick."  It  is  not  expensive,  and  adds  but  a  trifle  to  the  cost  of  the  build- 
ing. It  is  used  upon  the  Murray  Hill  Hotel.  Lincoln  Bank,  N.  Y.  Life 
In.surance  Company's  Building,  Criminal  Court  House.  Potter  Building, 
Fire  Department  Headquarters.  Hoffman  House.  Hearn  &  Son.  Deaf  and 
Dumb  Institute,  Fire  Patrol  House,  and  many  other  buildings  throughout 


NAVAi:no  Apartmknt  Hor^ES. 


the  city.  A  specialty  is  made  of  fine  work,  while  the  metal  is  made  in  v;ui- 
ous  thicknesses  and  will  not  rust.  Mr.  Howell,  the  manager  of  the  com- 
pany, is  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  G.  A.  K.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
to  respond  to  the  call  of  his  country  in  those  trying  days  and  raised  a  com- 
pany which  was  attached  to  the  131st  N.  Y.  regiment,  and  which  he  served 
as  captain.  For  three  years  he  was  in  the  field,  serving  in  the  Department 
of  the  Gulf  under  Generals  Banks,  Butler  and  Glover,  and  took  part  in  the 
battles  of  the  Mississippi  and  Red  Rivers,  Fort  Hudson  and  many  others, 
and  was  honorably  discharged  at  the  close  of  hostilities. 


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4(  NEW  YORK- 1836.  W 


R, 


of  Ml- 
Pirssoii  early  in 
the  f  o  r  t  i  e  s. 
After  careful 
tra  i  u  i  11  g.  he 
einba  r  k  e  d  in 
business  in  18(57 
as  a  member  of 
the  fi  r  ni  of 
Beamt's  &  Bent, 
vvliicli  was  dis- 
solved in  1880, 
Mr.  Bent  pur- 
chasing  his 
par  1 11  e  r's  in- 
terest. He  is  a 
tho  roughly 
practical  work- 
man, and  the 
patentee  of  the 
w  e  1  1-k  11  o  w  n 
detachable 
feature  in  up- 
right piano 
fortes.  Prior 
to  embarking  in 
business  he  was 
employed  for 
u  p  w  a  r  d  s  of 
twenty  ye  a  r  s 
by  such  well- 
known,  leading 
houses  as 
Xuiins  &  Clark, 
J.  B.  Dunham, 
Bacon  &  Kaven, 
Worcester  and 
others.  His 
factory  was  lo- 
cated at  various 


M.  BENT  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Detachable  Upright  Piano 
Fortes,  Warerooms,  \os.  VtiD  Tenth  Avenue  and  108  East  125th 
Street. — The  gentleman  wliose  name  heads  this  article. was  born 
ill  this  city,  and  learned  the  piano  building  trade  in  the  factory 
.lames 


places  until  188."),  when  the  increased  demand  for  his  instruments  caused 
his  removal  to  the  jjieseiil  coinnKKlidus  factory  in  Tentli  Avenue  and  No.s. 
500  to  500  West  52nd  Street,  which  was  erected  by  him  to  meet  the  special 
requirements  of  his  business.  This  is  a  substantial  six-story  structure,  50 
X  100  feet  in  area,  replete  with  improved  machinery  and  appliances,  and 
fitted  with  every  requisite  necessary  to  jirodiice  a  first-class  instrument  at 
a  moderate  price.  Mr.  li.  M.  Bent  was  the  first  manufacturer  to  combine, 
and  put  all  improvements  in  the  economical  as  well  as  the  high-priced 
cases,  giving  to  purchasers  of  the  plain  cased  pianos  equally  as  fine  an  in- 
strument from  a  musical  jxiint  of  view  as  contained  in  a  $1,000  i)iano  of 
other  manufacturers.  All  his  styles  contain  these  improvements,  and  for 
power,  volume  and  (luality  of  tone,  cannot  be  excelled.  His  instruments 
unite  every  advantage  of  tlie  most  costly  pianos  produced,  the  tone  being 
sympathetic,  with  great  volume  and  refined  sweetness;  the  touch  pos- 
sessing extreme  lightness,  pliancy  and  elasticity.  One  of  the  most  strik- 
ing features  of  Mr.  Benfs  invention  is  its  extreme  simplicity,  which 
makes  it  possible  to  take  the  case  a])art  and  put  it  together  again  within 
ten  minutes,  with  absolute  certainty  of  accomplishing  the  required  results. 
In  detaching,  the  entire  key  bed,  side  arms,  key  frame,  keys,  and  all  small 
parts  are  removed  altogether,  leaving  only  the  trusses  to  be  removed  sep- 
arately. This  piano  can  be  handled  in  narrow  halls  and  crot)kcd  stair- 
ways. The  detachable  feature  has  been  in  use  in  all  their  upright  pianos 
over  ten  years,  giving  the  utmost  satisfactioli,  as  this  system  of  separating 
leaves  the  piano-action  in  perfect  order.  Every  instrument  contains  sev- 
eral other  specially  patented  features  which  cannot  be  found  in  any  other 
make,  and  careful  attention  is  given  to  their  durability  and  solidity  of 
construction,  while  only  the  best  materials  and  mechanical  skill  are  em- 
ployed in  their  manufacture.  Mr.  H.  M.  Bent's  New  York  city  warerooms 
are  at  the  above  address,  and  in  Brooklyn,  at  No,  509  Fulton  Street,  and 
agencies  have  been  established  all  over  the  continent.  Mr.  R.  M.  I5ent,  on 
account  of  this  detachable  feature,  also  ships  largely  to  Mexico,  Canada, 
the  West  Indies  and  South  America,  using  his  pateirt  silver  plated  wire  in 
all  his  instruments.  Those  engaged  in  the  export  trade  will  find  this  de- 
tachable feature  invaluable.  Its  advantages  will  at  once  be  ai^jiarent  to 
such  dealers,  who  will  see  at  a  glance  how  much  more  readily  they  can 
handle  a  piano  packed  in  two  boxes,  when  desired,  especially  in  moun- 
tainous regions,  and  over  rough  roads.  All  orders  placed  with  him  by 
private  purchasers,  as  well  as  dealers,  receive  prompt  and  special  atten- 
tion, every  instrument  sold  being  fully  warranted  for  five  years.  Mr.  K.  M. 
Bent  is  very  ingenious,  and  apart  from  his  piano  patents  he  has  invented 
and  patented  a  Duplicate  Whist  tray  which  is  pronounced  by  expert 
players  the  finest  tray  in  the  market.  He  will  be  pleased  to  give  all 
parties  interested  in  this  scientific  and  beautiful  game  full  description  of 
his  tray  upon  receipt  of  request  for  same.  • 


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115 


THE  CAH'.MET  FIRE  CLAY  COMPANY.  Aitliur  X.  PiLison  A-  Co., 
Eastern  Selliii.L'-  Agents,  Xo.  1  Park  Row,  (Opposite  A.stor  House.) 
— This  company  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  its  line  in  the  country,  hav- 
ing been  organized  twenty  years  ago,  and  established  its  present 
agency  here  in  1S94.  The  company  are  extensive  manufacturers  of  sewer 
pipe,  and  fire  clay  products,  brick,  slabs  and  fire  proofing,  making  a  si)e- 
cialty  of  vitrified  sewer  pipe  and  flue  lining.  The  cajjacity  of  tlie  works 
at  Calumet,  O.,  admits  of  tlie  production  of  8,000  cars  of  goods  per 
annum.  Special  transportation  facilities  are  provided  both  by  rail  and 
water,  thus  insuring  direct  shipments  to  eveiy  section  of  the  countiy. 
The  equipment  includes-  every  invention  and  improvement  calculated  to 
secure  the  i)erfection  of  finish  and  durability  of  these  famous  lines  of  pii)e. 
The  best  of  clay  is  used,  specially  selected  for  toughness,  tensile  strength 
and  adaptation  to  the  purposes  required.  The  management  early  gave  the 
subject  a  thorough  investigation,  and  have,  as  a  result,  with  the  extrain- 
dinary  facilities  at  command,  produced  a  quality  of  sewer  i)ipe  unsui- 
passed  for  strength,  tiglit  connections,  and  for  low  prices  at  which  the 
largest  contract  orders  can  be  executed.  Their  fire  brick  and  fire  clay  prod- 
ucts are  of  a  (juality  and  finish  rarely  duplicated  and  never  excelled. 
Messrs.  Pierson  &  Co.  supply  dealers  throughout  X^ew  York.  X'ew  .Jersey 
and  New  England,  shipping  direct  from  the  works,  and  guaranteeing  satis- 
faction in  all  cases.  Mr.  Arthur  X.  Pierson.  the  active  member  of  the  firm, 
is  a  native  of  New  Jersey,  a  resident  of  Westfield,  that  state,  and  a  young 
man  of  experience  and  ability. 

HTFEROED'S  SOX.  Manufacturer  of  Fine  Harness,  Russet  and 
Collar  Leather,  Original  Black  Wool  Sheei>  Skins,  Etc..  X'o.  31 
^  Ferry  Street. — This  old  and  reliable  concern  was  founded  in 
185.")  by  Mr.  II.  Ilerold.  and  from  the  start  took  a  leading  i)osition 
in  the  trade  and  became  the  recipient  of  a  very  large  and  substantial  patron- 
age that  now  extends  throughout  the  United  States.  Mexico,  West  Indies, 
and  .South  and  Central  America,  and  is  steadily  increasing.  In  1888  the 
firm  name  was  changed  to  H.  Ilerold's  Sous,  composed  of  Ilieronimus  and 
I.  Herold.  who  were  brought  up  in  the  business.  In  189M  the  first  named 
succeeded  to  sole  control,  and  the  present  firm-style  was  ado])ted.  This 
house  manufactures  all  kinds  of  fine  harness,  russet  and  collar  leather, 
russet  rein,  loop,  bridle,  saddle  flap,  breeching  and  pump  leathers,  making 
a  specialty  of  original  black-wool  shee))  skins.  These  goods  are  recognized 
by  the  liarness  tiade  as  the  best  in  the  market  and  of  exceptional  mei  it, 
and  as  a  consequence  they  are  in  active  and  growing  demand  wherever  in- 
troduced. The  premises  utilized  are  amply  spacious  and  commodious, 
fully  equipped,  and  comprise  an  entire  three-story  building,  2.5  x  70  feet  in 
di»eBsions.  The  business  department  has  every  convenience,  and  a  full 
and  complete  stock  of  the  concern's  products  is  kept  constantly  on  hand 


and  embraces  none  but  the  most  relia1)le  goods,  and  all  orders  are  promptly 
filled  at  the  very  lowest  figures.  Mr.  Ilerold  is  a  native  and  resident  of  this 
city,  a  young  man  of  superior  business  ability  and  highly  respected  by  all. 

ROSENTHAL  IJltOTHERS,  Manufacturers  of  Fine  Cigars,  Xos.  .-541 
to  '■j'>'-j  East  Tord  .Street. — The  individual  members  of  this  firm  are 
Messrs.  Charles  and  Abraham  Rosenthal,  who  established  this 
enterprise  in  1877,  and  from  the  start  they  devoted  their  entire 
attention  to  the  wants  of  the  trade,  which  resulted  in  a  constantly  increas- 
ing demand  for  their  goods  that  extends  to  all  portions  of  the  country,  and 
of  which  they  have  every  reason  to  feel  proud.  The  premises  occupied 
are  very  spacious  and  commodious,  occupying  175  feet  front  by  lOM  feet 
deep,  and  are  owned  l>y  themselves.  The  building  is  five  stories  in  height 
and  fully  equipi)eil  tor  turning  out  first-class,  reliable  products,  while  con- 
stant enii>loynient  is  furnished  a  force  of  five  hundred  ojierativcs.  Tlie 
range  of  products  embraces  none  but  the  very  higliest  grades  of  five  and 
ten-cent  cigars,  mostly  made  by  hand,  and  containing  nothing  but  the  very 
best  and  purest  qualities  of  foreign  and  domestic  tobacco.  The  specialties 
of  the  house  are  the  "  Piper  Heidsieck,"  Dramatic  Ijouqnet."  and  "  Bon- 
nie Thornton,"  and  a  number  of  other  brands,  all  made  of  the  best  selected 
Havana  tobaccos.  The  largest  ordeis  are  prompt!}'  filled,  as  a  full  and 
complete  stock  is  constantly  carried,  and  a  full  force  of  assistants  is  ke])t 
busily  employed  in  the  business  department,  while  terms  and  prices  are 
always  reasonable. 

HM.  I;L0CII  &  BROTHEl!.  Manufacturers  of  Pants,  Nos.  15  and 
17  Waverly  Place. — The  foundations  of  this  extensive  business 
,  were  laid  in  1880  by  Mr.  IT.  M.  Bloch.  and  during  the  ten  years 
that  have  since  intervened  the  house  has  been  ably  maintained 
in  the  front  rank.  In  1887  Jfr.  Louis  Bloch  became  a  partner,  and  the  firm 
of  II.  M.  Bloch  &  l!rother  was  thus  formed.  These  gentlemen  make  the 
finest  pantaloons  for  men,  youths  and  boys  that  are  put  uiion  the  inarket: 
also  a  medium  grade  of  goods  so  that  all  classes  of  jobbers  are  readily 
suited.  The  ]ircniises  now  utilized  by  them  for  manufacturing  purposes 
consist  of  two  commodious  and  well-lighted  floors.  50  x  1.50  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, equipped  with  the  finest  appliances  ada))ted  to  the  business,  and 
steady  employment  is  given  to  eighty  inside  and  outside  hands.  The  firm 
can  quote  bottom  jirices  to  the  trade,  and  every  garment  sold  by  them  is 
fully  warianted  as  to  make  and  material.  Their  jnoducing  facilities  are 
l)erfect,  and  enable  tliem  to  offer  inducements  to  customers  which  camiot 
be  elsewhere  duplicated.  Their  pants  are  made  from  carefully  selected 
materials,  and  are  unsurpassed  for  style,  finish,  fit  and  workmanshi]). 
Both  partners  are  men  of  thorough  experience  in  the  business,  active  and 
energetic,  and  tlnnoughly  conversant  with  the  wants  of  the  trade. 


IIG 


<<f  NEW   YORK- 1896.  » 


HAKDMAX  A  LA  OIJASSA.  Maiiufactiucis  of  High  Grade  Pianos, 
Nos.  015.  (ilT  and  (11!)  Tenth  Avenue,  Coiner  44£1)  Street.— Born  in 
England,  Mr.  Hugh  Hardnian  came  to  this  city  in  1841,  and 
learned  piano-making  with  James  Neilson,  of  Peekskill.  In  1842 
lie  embarked  in  business  on  his  own  account,  and  tlie  .same  year  placed  his 
first  piano  on  the  market.  Shortly  afteiwards  his  Hester  Street  factory 
was  burned  down,  and  he  sustained  a  total  loss.  But  he  was  made  of  stern 
stuff,  and  in  two  months'  time  after  the  tire,  Mr.  Hardman  again  liad 
pianos  on  the  market.  He  was  the  first  to  take  advantage  of  railway 
coinnuinication  between  the  East  and  the  far  West,  and,  when  the  Northern 
Pacific  was  opened  for  traffic,  lie  made  heavy  consigiinuMits  of  his  jjianos  to 
California,  Nevada,  and  other  states  west  of  the  Kockies.  His  business 
grew  rapidly,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Chicago  fire  of  1871  he  had  outstand- 
ing accounts  in  that  city  of  §0.5,000.  Mr.  Hardman  erecte<l  a  line  eight 
story  factory  at  57th  Street  and  Tenth  Avenue,  and  soon  after,  in  1870, 
retired  from  business  in  favor  of  his  son,  John  Hardman,  and  his  son-in-law, 
Thomas  A.  Bowling.  The  latter  died  in  1882,  and  the  former  in  181)0,  and 
Mr.  Hardman  re-entered  active  business,  forming  a  jiartnership  with  Mr. 
S.  La  Grassa,  whose  name  is  almost  as  well  known  in  the  piano  trade  as 
that  of  Mr.  Hardman.  He  is  acknowledged  to  be  one  of  the  best  scale 
draughtsmen  in  America,  and  lias  invented  and  patented  many  valuable 
improvements,  which  are  embodied  in  the  Hardman  tt  La  Grassa  pianos. 
Mr.  La  Grassa  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  having  enlisted  as  a  private 
in  Sickles'  Brigade,  Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  serving  two  years  at  the 
front.  Of  the  merits  of  the  Hardman  &  La  Grassa  ])ianos  we  need'say 
nothing;  they  are  too  well  known  and  appreciated  to  need  any  praise  from 
us.  Their  output  exceeds  1,000  a  year,  and  in  addition  to  being  sold  all 
over  this  P.epublic,  they  are  exported  to  Mexico,  Cuba,  Hayti,  and  all  parts 
of  South  America. 

GEO.  C.  Cl'.ANE  COMPANY.  Pianos.  No.  07  Fifth  Avenue,  Corner 
Seventeenth  Street. — This  company  was  (nganized  and  incorpo- 
rated in  January,  1894,  under  tlie  laws  of  New  Jersey,  with  a  capi- 
tal of  §50,000.  Its  ofiScers  are  as  follows,  viz:  George  C.  Crane, 
l>resident;  Albert  Kroll,  Jr.,  vice-president,  and  Abe  Schmidt,  secretary 
and  treasurer,  Tlie  premises  occujiied  as  warei  ooms  are  30  x  100  feet  in 
dimensions  and  are  fully  equipped  with  every  appliance  and  convenience 
for  the  disj)lay  and  accommodation  of  the  extensive  and  valuable  stock. 
Ten  courteous  salesmen  are  in  attendance  on  patrons  of  the  house,  which  is 
also  represented  on  the  road  by  several  travelers.  This  company  are  the 
Eastern  representatives  of  The  Krell  Piano  Company  and  Royal  Piano 
Comjiany  of  Cincinnati,  O.,  and  are  also  New  York  city  agents  of  the 
Trowbridge  Piano  Company  of  Boston,  Mass.  They  carry  a  large  assort- 
ment of  the  various  styles  of  pianos  of  these  reliable  manufacturers,  and 


their  trade  is  brisk  anil  active.  At  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition  in 
Chicago,  1893,  the  Krell  piano  took  the  first  medal  and  diploma  for  fine 
quality  of  tone,  great  sustaining  power,  well  balanced  scale,  finely  regulated 
action,  very  easy  and  elastic  touch,  excellent  repeating  qualities,  fine 
material  used  in  construction,  and  for  superior  workmanship  and  finish. 
Mr.  Crane  was  born  in  New  York  and  resides  in  Jersey  City.  Mr.  Albert 
Krell,  Jr..  is  the  president  of  the  Krell  Piano  Company,  and  resides  in 
( ■iiii  iiuiati.  He  is  the  son  and  former  business  associate  of  Albert  Krell, 
maker  of  the  celebrated  and  world  renowned  Krell  violins,  and  the  oldest 
tlealer  in  and  manufacturer  of  musical  instruments  in  Cincinnati.  Mr. 
Schmidt  resides  in  New  York. 

SPliATT'S  PATENT  (AMERICA),  LIMITED,  Manufacturers  of 
Spratfs  Patent  Dog  Biscuit,  Nos.  2.39  to  245  East  56tli  Street  — 
The  foundation  of  this  business  was  laid  in  London,  England,  by 
James  Spratt.  an  American,  over  thirty  years  ago,  and  in  1885  a 
company  was  organized  under  the  laws  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  witli  a 
capital  of  $.500,000,  which  is  officered  as  follows,  viz:  G.  Gordon  Cleather, 
vice-president;  Richard  C.  Ratliboriie,  assistant  manager.  The  company 
occupies  an  entire  four-story  brick  building,  100  x  100  feet,  and  has  every 
facility  at  command  for  conducting  all  operations  under  the  most  favor, 
able  conditions  and  upon  the  largest  scale.  Spratt's  patent  dog  cakes  are 
known  all  over  the  world  as  a  staple  and  complete  food  for  dogs.  Spratt's 
patent  cod  liver  oil  dog  cakes,  for  dainty  feeders  and  dogs  of  weak  diges- 
tion, are  invaluable;  they  bring  back  the  appetite  and  assist  in  the  recon- 
stinctionof  the  tissues;  are  especially  beneficial  in  rheumatic  affections 
mill  for  preventing  rickets  in  puppies.  By  the  process  used,  all  the  valu- 
able properties  of  the  oil  are  retained  in  the  biscuit.  For  delicate  puppies, 
"  pepsinated "  puppy  meal  is  excellent  for  feeding  from  weaning  until 
able  to  eat  puppy  and  dog  biscuits,  as  it  contains  the  due  proportion  of 
pepsin  and  other  ingredients  to  render  it  an  easily  assimilated  food.  For 
small  breeds  and  toy  dogs  the  improved  pet  dog  cakes  contain  sufficient 
meat  and  other  ingredients  to  form  a  jierfect  food.  Spratt's  patent  poultry 
and  game  foods  are  the  most  nutritious  and  digestible  diet  for  cln'cks  or 
full-grown  birds  and  have  a  wonderful  list  of  prize  winners  to  their  credit 
This  house  is  sole  proprietor  of  all  these  foods,  also  Spratt's  patent  pigeon 
food,  granulated  prairie  meat  crissel,  cardiac  (poultry  and  game  tonic 
powder),  dog.  poultry  and  pigeon  soaiis  and  dog  and  poultry  medicines, 
etc.  An  extensive  and  valuable  literature  on  dogs,  poultry,  pigeons  and 
game  is  published  by  the  company  and  issued  in  large  editions  gratis 
or  for  a  nominal  sum.  Their  "Common  Sense  of  Dog  Doctoring"  is  a 
standard  work  and  is  much  a])])rociated  by  all  lovers  of  dogs.  The  man- 
agement is  pi-ompt  and  painstaking  in  meeting  every  want  and  requirement 
of  tlie  publi<',  and  is  eminently  popular  and  successful  in  fulfilling  demands. 


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HB.  PETERS  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Fine  Watch  Mate- 
rials and  Tools,  Nos.  iTT-lTil  Uroad  way  .—This  house  was  estab- 
lished ten  years  ago  by  Mr.  H.  15.  Peters,  i)revious  to  which  lie 
was  for  many  years  engaged  as  a  traveling  salesman  in  the  same 
line,  in  which  he  possesses  twenty  years'  experience.    He  developed  an  ex- 
tensive trade  connection  in   all  parts  of  the 
United  States  and  Canada,  and  his  patrons  have 
steadily  increased  in  number.    In  January,  1895, 
the  i)resent  firm   style  was  adopted.  Messrs. 
Peters  &  Co.  are  direct  importers  of  tine  watch 
materials,  watch-making  tools  and  watches,  and 
carry  a  large,  complete  stock  at  all  times,  and 
orders  arc  filled  upon  the  most  favorable  terms. 
Mr.  Peters  was  born  in  Australia,  but  has  re- 
sided in  the  United  States  since  childhood,  and 
is  widely  known   in  both  business  and  social 
circles.    Among  the  representatives  of  the  firm 
on  the  road   are  Mr.  L.  Stanley  Janes,  who 
has  charge  of  New  York  State  and  the  East,  and 
Mr.  Louis  Berger,  who  covers  part  of  New  York.  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio, 
than  whom  there  are  no  better  liked  or  more  sui'ccssful  •'  Knights  of  the 
Grip"  emanating  from  any  concern. 


THE  NEW  YOKK  SHOW  CASE  COMPANY,  A.  Terhune,  Manager, 
Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  Show  Cases  and  Store  Fixtures, 
No.  24!)  Canal  Street,  Corner  Elm.— The  inception  of  this  business 
dates  from  1S77,  when  it  was  founded  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Terhune,  who 
for  many  years  previous  theieto  had  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
fishing  tackle  in  the  same  location,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Mr.  A. 
Terhune^  who  in  1892  became  associated  with  Mr.  A.  F.  Engelhardt,  the 
head  of  the  show  ca.se  manufacturing  firm  of  A.  F.  Engelhardt  &  Co..  of 
Brooklyn,  tlie  present  company  being  thus  organized.  The  premises  util- 
ized comprise  one  lloor  on  Canal  Street,  and  one  fronting  on  Elm  Street, 
each  of  which  is  30  x  40  feet  in  dimensions.  The  factory,  at  No.  11.3  Elm 
Street,  is  thoroughly  equipi)ed  in  eveiy  department,  and  the  output  is 
heavy.  The  range  of  production  embraces  show  cases  of  every  descrii)tion, 
of  all  sizes,  and  for  all  purposes,  as  well  as  the  manufacture  of  store  and 
office  fixtures.  A  large  assortment  is  constantly  on  hand,  and  the  prices 
(luoted  are  in  all  cases  extremely  moderate.  The  trade  is  important  and 
widespread,  and  large  shipments  are  made  to  South  America  and  other 
foreign  countries.  The  goods  of  this  company  are  especially  to  be  com- 
mended for  their  ai  tistic  workmanship  and  elegant  appearance.  Mr.  Ter- 
hniie  has  charge  of  the  active  management  of  the  business,  and  much  of 
the  success  achieved  is  directly  attributable  to  his  ability  and  enterprise. 
He  is  a  native  of  this  city. 


JM.  GUNST  DISINFECTING  COMPANY.  No.  26  University  Place. 
—This  company  are  introducing  J.  M.  Gunst's  patent  disinfecting 
^  machines,  which  are  supplied  with  "  Phcnoleum."  the  modern  dis- 
infectant. This  is  the  most  complete  germ  destroyer  and  atmos- 
pheric purifier  known  to  chemical  science.  It  is  entirely  non-explosive  and 
non-poisonous,  does  not  stain  floors  when  diluted  and  used  in  sprinkling, 
and  can  be  applied  to  the  most  delicate  fabrics  without  any  injurious  effect. 
When  the  Phenoleum  is  diluted  with  water  in  the  proper  pro))orti()ns,  it 
will  cost  only  one  and  one-half  cents  per  gallon,  which  brings  it  within  the 
reach  of  all.  No  toilet-room  should  be  without  it,  as  it  is  a  positive  neces- 
sity in  a  house  where  health  and  cleanliness  are  desired.  Over  .").000  of 
these  machines  are  in  use  in  New  York  City,  giving  the  best  of  satisfaction. 
Among  users  are  the  "New  York  World,"  "  New  York  Herald."  '"Staats- 
Zeitung,"  Produce  Exchange,  L.  P.  Hollander  &  Co.,  H.  B.  Claflin  Co.. 
Berkeley  Scliool,  Jacob  Ruppert's  Brewery.  Trow  Printing  Company, 
Daly's  Theatre,  Niblo's  Garden,  Carl  Schults'  stables,  and  others  too  nu- 
merous to  mention  here.  There  is  no  charge  for  the  use  of  the  ozonators 
when  filled  with  Phenoleum,  while  they  are  filled  every  month  without 
extra  cost  to  the  consumer,  the  only  charge  being  for  the  fluid.  Mr.  J.  M. 
Gunst,  the  proprietor,  lias  been  engaged  in  this  line  of  business  for  the  past 
ten  years,  and  established  his  present  enterprise  here  in  1892. 


SCHNITZLER  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Braids,  Cords  and  Moulds  of 
Every  Description,  Nos.  8,  10,  12  Bleecker  Street. — This  house  was 
established  in  October,  1878.  by  Mr.  Schnitzler,  who  brought  to  bear 
upon  the  business  a  wide  range  of  practical  experience  and  an  in- 
timate knowledge  of  the  wants  and  refpiirements  of  the  trade.  He  occujiies 
spacious  and  well-arranged  (luarters,  supplied  with  imjiroved  machinery 
and  amjile  steam  power,  and  gives  steady  employment  to  twenty-five 
skilled  and  expert  hands.  The  range  of  manufacture  embraces  all  kinds 
of  braids,  cords  and  moulds  ;  also  bonnet  silk  wire  and  millinery  trim- 
ming. Every  efliort  is  made  to  improve  the  quality  and  enhance  the  value 
of  the  goods  in  every  legitimate  way,  and  the  result  is  that  there  are  none 
better  on  the  market.  Orders  of  whatever  magnitude  are  filled  w-ith 
jnomptness  and  care,  and  terms  and  prices  are  made  invariably  satisfac- 
tory to  buyers.  The  trade-mark  of  this  house  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  a 
guarantee  of  excellence  and  reliability,  and  there  are  no  better  specialties 
of  the  kind  made  anywhere.  Mr.  Schnitzler  is  a  native  of  Germany,  in  the 
prime  of  life,  and  an  expert  and  practical  manufacturer.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  another  firm  in  the  same  line  for  five  years  previous  to  establishing 
this  house,  and  has  secured  a  large  and  influential  patronage  on  the  strict 
basis  of  merit. 


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ADOLPir  UAYER  i.t  SOX,  Maiiufactuicrs  of  Clinical  Thermometers, 
No.  (5G  Beckinau  Street. — This  firm  turns  out  a  notably  superior 
elass  of  work,  and  their  productions  are  noted  for  excellence  and 
accuracy.    They  are  a  w  iilely-known  (ii  m.  and  have  a  hir<;e  patroii- 
a<;e,  which  cxtend.s  throu.nlioiit  the  United  States  and  Canada.    They  have 


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first-class  facil- 
ities for  pro- 
ducini^  clinical 
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of  the  highest 

jrradc,  and  for  ^ 

that  reason  the  article  produced  by  them  is  superior  in  quality  to  those  of 
any  other  makers.  They  are  made  by  expert  workmen  only,  and  are  of  the 
veiy  best  materials  to  be  obtained,  renderina;  tliem  accurate  and 


The  Messrs.  Bayer  are  the  inventors  and  .sole  owners  of  several  patents 
for  clinical  thermometers  and  have  only  recently  added  to  the  thermome- 
ters of  their  manufacture  another  valuable  improvement  on  which  they  have 
been  granted  a  patent.  This  (lesi<;u  patent  consists  of  an  addition  on  to))  of 
tlie  thermometer,  (see  cut),  which  gives  parties  using  same  great  confi- 
dence in  hand- 
ling, and  rend- 
ers instruments 
with  this  addi- 
tion less  liable 
to  breakage  in 
shaking  down 
the  mercurial 
column.  With 
a  1  1  of  their 
t  h  e  !■  mometers 
c  e  r  t  i  ti  e  a  tes 
of  Yale  Obser- 
vatory, in  ad- 
dition to  their 
own,  will  be 
furnished  upon 
application,  at 
cost  of  obtain- 
ing same.  Mr. 
Ijayer,the  elder, 
who  was  born 
in  Austria,  but 
has  been  many 
years  in  this 
city,  started  in 
business  in  lS(i(), 
a  n  d  admitted 
his  son,  Henry 
K.,  to  partner- 
ship in  ]S!i4. 
Both  are  men 
of  t  h  o  r  o  ugh 
l)ractical  skill 
a  n  d  exercise 
close  ))ersonal 
s  u  p  e  r  V  i  s  i  on 
over  all  their 
work.  A  large 
stock  is  carried 
by  the  firm  and 

■eliable.      the  trade  is  suitplied  by  them  at  lowest  consistent  prices. 


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THOMASufe  HARPER,  Manufacturers  of  Silk  Ciutains  and  Tapestry 
Goods,  Etc.,  Xos.  345  and  347  Broadway. — Up  to  a  few  years  ago 
this  country  was  entirely  dependent  upon  foreign  manufacturers 
for  its  supply  of  fine  silk  goods,  whereas  now  we  produce  all  that 
is  needed  for  home  coHsunii)ti(>n  and  even  do  a  large  exjjort  trade.  Among 
the  Xew  York  firms  which  have  been  instrumental  in  bringing  about  tliis 
desiral)le  result,  none  is  worthier  of  special  mention  than  that  of  Messrs. 
Thomas  &  Harper,  manufacturers  of  silk  curtains  and  tapestry  goods,  vesti- 
bule silks,  snowtiakes,  drapery,  scarfs,  etc..  whose  factory  is  in  Paterson, 
X.  J.  Messrs.  Charles  N.  Thomas  and  Thomas  H.  Harper  joined  forces  in 
1876,  for  the  i)urpose  of  cariying  on  business  as  importers  of  dress  goods. 
In  1S89  thej^  embarked  in  their  present  line  of  manufacture  and  have  ever 
since  met  with  marked  and  well-deserved  success.  The  factory  in  Paterson 
is  one  of  the  best  equipped  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States,  and  gives 
employment  to  from  sixty  to  one  hundred  skilled  operatives,  according  to 
season.  A  large  market  has  been  secured  for  its  products,  and  the  firm 
have  oi)ened  a  branch  house  in  Chicago,  at  So.  274  Wabash  Avenue,  to 
accommodate  its  western  trade.  The  facilities  enjoyed  are  of  the  best, 
and  the  house  is  a  recognized  leader  in  this  line  of  industrial  and  commer- 
cial activity.  Mr.  Thomas  is  a  native  of  Xew  York  while  Mr.  Harper  was 
born  in  England  but  has  been  a  resident  here  for  the  past  twenty-five  years, 
and  both  are  well  and  favoiably  known.  Mr.  Harper  was  formerly 
engaged  with  Arnold,  Constable  &  Co.,  as  dress  goods  buyer,  and  visited 
the  largest  manufacturers  of  Europe  in  selecting  stock. 

HUGO  BRUSSEL.  Exporter.  Xo.  Ill  Water  Street.— Possessed  of  a 
very  thorough  acquaintance  with  various  descriptions  of  merchan- 
dise and  their  market  values,  as  well  as  a  great  commercial  apti- 
tude, this  gentleman  has  been  able  to  build  up  a  gratifyingly 
large  connection  for  his  business  as  an  exporter  and  commission  merchant, 
in  which  trade  he  embarked  here  in  1893.  He  buys  American  wares  and 
merchandise  for  dealers  in  Hayti  and  San  Domingo,  in  which  his  success  is 
greatly  facilitated  by  his  familiarity  with  the  requirements  of  that  part  of 
the  world  and  his  knowledge  of  the  business  acquired  by  a  service  of  eight 
years  in  a  Xew  York  house  in  the  same  line.  The  trade  done  is  on  com- 
mission, and  the  steady  personal  application  evidenced  by  Mr.  Brussel, 
together  with  the  soundness  of  his  judgment  in  selecting  such  products 
and  manufactures  of  America  as  find  a  ready  and  profitable  sale  in  the 
markets  to  which  he  exjjorts,  has  inspired  unbounded  confidence  in  his 
methods.  He  handles  both  dry  goods,  small  wares,  boots  and  shoes,  hats 
and  caps,  furniture,  provisions,  sugar,  rice,  flour  and  other  merchandise, 
always  with  profit  to  the  shipper  and  satisfaction  to  the  customer.  Mr. 
Brussel  is  a  native  Xew  Yorker,  and  a  young  man  of  large  experience  and 
wide  acquaintance. 


THE  X-ODE  COMPAXY,  Xo.  I'J  Union  Square.— The  latest  and 
greatest  discovery  for  suffering  humanity  is  that  recently  intro- 
duced by  the  X-Ode  Company  of  this  city.  This  new  discovery 
is  the  "  X-Ode  Inhalei,"'  a  product  of  electiicity,  by  the  use  of 
which  a  speedy  and  permanent  cure  for  catarrh,  asthma,  headache,  bron- 
chitis, cold  in  the  head,  hay  fever,  coughs,  dizziness,  and  similar  diseases, 
is  effected.  X-Ode  is  a  substance  which  forms  on  asbestos  with  the  aid 
of  the  electric  current.  This  asbestos  is  placed  in  a  glass  vial  in  the  form 
of  an  inhaler.  When  the  cork  is  removed  from  the  vial,  and  the  air  comes 
in  contact  with  the  asbestos  it  emits  from  the  inhaler  a  soothing,  gaseous 
substance,  which  will  penetrate  any  part  of  the  body.  It  is  a  powerful 
germicide,  and  when  inhaled  through  the  nose  or  mouth,  it  penetrates 
every  nook  and  crevice  of  the  mucous  surfaces,  kills  the  germs  and  gives 
the  mucous  surfaces  a  healthy  condition.  This  is  not  claimed  as  a  cure- 
all,  and  it  is  not  a  specific  lemedy  for  every  disease.  It  is  simply  and 
solely  a  newly-discovered  substance  which,  when  inhaled  through  the 
nose  or  mouth,  reaches  the  direct  seat  of  the  disease.  The  trial  size  in- 
halers are  fifteen  cents.  The  large  size  are  one  dollar,  and  last  from  one 
to  three  years,  and  always  keep  your  head  and  throat  in  good  condition. 
It  is  perfectly  harmless  and  can  be  used  by  any  one.  The  jobbing  drug 
houses  are  supplied  bj'  this  company  to  the  full  extent  of  their  wants  at 
short  notice,  and  on  very  favorable  terms. 

WA.  BARXARD  &  CO..  Gold  and  Silver  Refiners,  and  Dealers 
in  .Jewelry,  Xo.  171  Park  Row. — This  old-established  concern 
,  was  founded  by  Mr.  A.  Barnard  in  184.5,  a  half  century  ago, 
and  his  son,  the  present  proprietor,  succeeded  to  the  con- 
trol of  the  business  under  the  existing  firm  title  in  1879.  Under  his 
management  and  direction  the  trade  has  grown  to  its  present  magnitude, 
and  extends  throughout  the  United  States,  and  adjacent  countries.  The 
present  premises  have  been  occupied  since  1879,  and  are  amply  spacious 
and  commodious.  The  refining  and  assaying  departments  are  fully 
equipped  with  all  the  latest  im)noved  methods  and  appliances  for  produc- 
ing best  results.  The  proprietor  is  also  an  extensive  dealer  in  fine  gold 
and  silver  watches  of  both  European  and  American  manufacture,  for  ladies 
and  gentlemen,  all  of  the  latest  styles  and  designs,  and  warranted  to  be 
perfect  time-keepeis;  also  rare  and  precious  diamonds,  loose  and  set  in 
the  most  original  and  unique  styles,  besides  pearls,  rubies,  emerald.s, 
opals,  and  expensive  and  pure  stones;  jewelry  of  every  description,  etc.. 
etc.  A  specialty  is  the  buying  of  old  gold  and  silver  and  precious  stones, 
and  the  sale  and  purchase  of  fine  rolled  gold  and  silver  for  plates  and 
beaters,  while  the  highest  prices  are  paid  for  filings,  sweepings  of  jewelry 
manufacturers,  gold  beaters,  etc.  The  proprietor  is  a  young  man  of  su- 
perior ability,  honoiable  and  reliable,  and  enjoys  the  confidence  of  all. 


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KEINIIAKDT,  .Manufacturers'  A<;ent,  No.  273  Pearl  Street.— 
To  the  niaiuifacturer  and  trader  aliT<c,  the  sales  agent  who 
comes  between  lender.s  sij;nal  service,  focusing?  in  his  house 
tlie  goods  required  from  a  dozen,  a  score  or  a  liundred  manufac- 
turers needed  by  one  trader,  and  sending  them  on  direct  in  bulk.  This  is 
the  case  with  Mr.  H.  Keinhardt,  who  represents  several  manufacturers  of 
plumbers'  supplies.  He  has  l)een  connected  with  tliis  brancli  of  trade  for 
many  years,  and  established  liis  present  enterprise  in  1S93.  He  took  po.s- 
session  of  his  present  premises  in  January,  1896,  where  he  makes  a  fine  dis- 
play of  white  i)orcelain  bath  tubs,  wash  tubs,  sinks  and  sanitary  crockery. 
Mr.  Keinhardt  is  especially  prominent  in  the  trade  as  the  accredited  agent 
for  such  well-known  manufacturers  as  Henry  Bieg  of  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  manufacturer  of  brown  glazed  wash  tubs  and  sinks  ;  the  Union 
(iranite  Company,  of  Weeliawken,  New  Jersey,  manufacturers  of  slate, 
soapstone  and  granite  wash  tubs,  and  the  Ideal  Pottery  of  The  Trenton 
Potteries  Company,  of  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  solid  porcelain  wash  tubs, 
sinks  and  baths.  A  specialty  is  made  of  rare  goods,  such  as  tlie  Victor 
enameled  iron  bath  tubs,  which  are  not  readily  found  elsewhere,  as  well 
as  the  latest  novelties  in  sanitary  earthenware  and  other  plumbei  s'  supplies. 
Mr.  Iteinhardt  supplies  this  class  of  articles  in  any  amount  or  quantity 
desired,  and  to  the  uncjualilied  satisfaction  of  leading  tiaders  and  plumbers 
throughout  the  United  States,  to  whom  the  service  he  renders  on  a  small 
margin  of  profit  makes  him  little  short  of  a  benefactor.  He  is  one  of  the 
best-informed  men  regarding  all  matters  pertaining  to  this  trade,  which  fact 
is  freely  admitted  and  widely  recognized,  and  the  large  amount  of  sujjplies 
yearly  handled  by  him  is  thoroughly  in  character  with  the  favoraI)le  terms 
upon  which  he  enables  his  customers  to  do  business.  Mr.  lieinhardt  is  in 
the  active  prime  of  life,  and  his  energetic  and  painstaking  labors  have  been 
exerted  for  the  best  interests  of  his  patrons,  and  to  his  own  infinite  and 
lasting  credit. 

THE  NEW  VORK:  COXSOLIDATED  card  company.  Playing 
Card  Manufacturers,  Nos.  222  to  228  West  14th  Street.— The 
manufacture  of  playing  cards  has  been  for  centui  ies  an  important 
industry.  In  ancient  times  the  business  was  carried  on  under 
special  license  from  the  king  and  its  revenues  were  regarded  as  a  iierquisite 
of  the  crown.  .V  return  to  this  ancient  condition  of  things  is  suggested  by 
the  recent  action  of  Congress  in  putting  a  tax  of  two  cents  upon  each  pack. 
Many  of  the  smaller  concerns  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  playing  cards 
have  felt  the  results  of  this  tax  very  keenly  and  several  have  been  com- 
pelled to  go  out  of  business.  There  is  one  concern,  however,  whose  goods 
have  such  a  national  reputation  that  they  arc  in  steady  demand  and  con- 
tinue to  sell  in  increasing  quantities  despite  the  tax.  This  is  the  New  York 
Consolidated  Card  Company,  the  leading  manufacturers  of  playing  cards 


in  the  United  States.  This  company  was  incorporated  in  New  York  State 
in  1870.  Its  factory  occupies  five  city  lots,  the  building  having  six  stories, 
with  a  frontage  of  100  feet  and  a  depth  of  12.5  feet.  All  this  imjnense 
building  is  devoted  exclusively  to  the  manufacture  of  the  finest  playing 
cards  in  the  world.  The  entire  process  of  manufacture  is  begun  and  com- 
pleted in  this  building,  and  the  utmost  care  is  exercised  in  every  dei)art- 
ment,  so  that  the  finished  product  may  be  perfect  in  every  particular. 
The  ])lant  includes  a  complete  C(juii)nient  of  the  latest  improved  machin- 
ery, run  by  steam  power,  and  upwards  of  2.j0  hands  are  employed.  This 
company  manufactures  the  finest  playing  cards  in  the  world,  and  supply 
the  first  clubs  in  this  country,  on  the  continent  cf  Europe  and  elsewhere. 
The  i)roduct  includes  all  kinds  of  playing  cards,  a  si)ecialty  being  made  of 
the  famous  Patent  Squeezers  which  are  made  only  by  this  company.  The 
most  popular  card  ever  made,  the  "  Angel  Back,"  is  made  by  them  only 
and  deserves  its  high  reputation.  The  present  officers  of  the  corporation 
are:  S.  L.  Cohen,  president;  .\rthur  M.  Lawrence,  treasurer  and  secretary; 
Stanley  A.  Cohen,  general  manager. 

MIDFOIM)  PNEUMATIC  SALVACE  COMPANY,  P.ecover  Sunken. 
Stranded  and  Derelict  Ships,  No.  4.5  Broadway. — This  company 
was  organized  in  February,  189(),  under  New  York  laws,  with 
a  capital  of  S30O,00O,  and  with  the  following  officers,  to  wit: — 
Henry  Cummins,  president;  W.  L.  Kann,  vice-president;  Julius  Drey- 
fus, secretary  and  tieasurer.  The  company  are  the  owners  of  the  Midford 
patents  for  raising  vessels,  and  their  resources  are  ample  and  their  facil- 
ities thoroughly  complete  and  perfect  for  the  pronii)t  and  successful  exe- 
cution of  all  commissions.  The  company  are  now  engaged  in  raising  the 
steamer  Ailsa  in  the  Narrows  near  Fort  Hamilton,  New  York  Harbor. 
This  steamer  is  2:100  tons  burthen,  and  is  sunk  in  4.5  feet  of  water  and  10 
feet  in  the  mud.  The  Cf)nipany  put  chains  under  the  vessel,  by  hydraulic 
and  pneumatic  power  method,  and  are  using  thirty-six  caissons,  each  of 
which  has  a  net  displacement  of  thirty  tons  and  measure  :50  feet  in  length 
and  8  feet  in  diameter.  These  caissons  are  all  connected  by  tubes  and 
chains,  and  have  an  air  pressure  of  ten  pounds  more  than  the  water  pres- 
sure. The  company  are  equally  piominent  in  constructing  bridge  and 
other  foundations,  also  in  lighthouse  construction  and  in  general  pneu- 
matic and  hydraulic  work.  President  Cummins  is  one  of  those  active,  pul)- 
lic-spirited  and  progressive  business  men  who  build  up  great  enterprises  in 
every  avenue  of  commerce  and  trade.  He  was  the  founder  and  builder  of 
the  Postal  Telegraph  system  and  company:  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fc  Railroad,  and  was  one  of  the  principal  pro- 
moters of  the  Yost  Writing  Machine  Company  and  the  Union  Typewriter 
Company  of  New  York.  Vice-president  Kann  is  president,  and  Secretary 
Dreyfus  is  treasurer  of  the  Penn  Plate  Glass  Company,  of  Pittsburgh. 


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BM.  COWPEirrilWAlT  A-  CO.,  Furniture,  Carpets.  Etc..  Nos.  193 
to  20.3  Park  How,  near  Cliatliam  Square.— The  most  jnogressive 
^  house  engaged  in  the  vitally  important  business  of  house  furnish- 
ing in  tlie  metroi)()lis  is  that  of  B.  M.  Cowperthwait  A-  Co.  The 
methods  of  this  Arm,  and  the  eliaraeter  and  quality  of  their  stock  bear  no 

c  o  m  J)  a  r  i  s  o  n 
with  tlie  aver- 
age dealer  in 
this  line.  On 
the  contrary, 
they  have  for 
many  years  con- 
ducted it  upon 
the  higliest  at- 
tainable plane 
of  efBc  i  e  n  (■  y 
and  excellence, 
omitting  no  ef- 
ftirt  or  outlay 
in  order  to  keep 
the  best  goods 
in  every  depart- 
ment in  stock, 
a  n  d  to  fully 
cover  the  field 
so  that  buyers, 
liovvevei'  criti- 
cal or  refined 
their  tastes, 
could  here  se- 
1  c  c  t  exactly 
w  hat  they 
wanted.  Every 
community  in 
the  city  and 
countiy  finds  it 
ad  van  tag  e  o  u  s 
t  o  buy  here, 
where  is  car- 
ried the  largest 
stock  of  furni- 
fiirc  and  car- 
))(>ts  in  the  city. 
This  house  h:is 
been  in  exist- 


ence  since  1807,  when  it  was  founded  by  J.  K.  Cowperthwait,  the  present 
head  of  the  firm  being  a  grandson  of  the  founder.  lie  has  thus  brought  to 
bear  ripe  experience  and  ample  resources  in  the  harmonious  gathering;  to- 
gether of  an  immense,  bewildering  and  yet  charmingly  attractive  stock  ol 
furniture,  bedding,  car))ets  and  curtains,  and  almost  every  article  used  for 
housekeeping.  The  (juality  of  the  goods  handled  is  of  the  highest,  the 
prices  are  most  moderate  and  attractive,  and  any  one  who  intends  to 
purchase  furniture,  either  for  a  single  room  or  an  entire  six-story  brown 
stone  fioiit,  will  do  well  to  visit  Cowperthwait's  before  inveslring. .  Jlerc 
are  four  four-story  and  basement  buildings,  2.5  x  100  feet,  and  thiee  fw 
story  and  basements,  M  x  2."),  all  filled  to  repletion  with  new,  clioice  and 
stylish  goods.  Goods  are  delivered  free  of  charge,  and  a  corps  of  one  hun- 
dred clerks  and  salesmen  coutribute  to  the  successful  o])crations  of  the 
house.  Both  the  cash  and  credit  systems  are  in  vogue  here,  and  patrons 
of  the  house  in  buying  on  the  easy  time  payment  plan  receive  as  low  prices 
as  are  quoted  to  the  cash  buyer.  On  purchases  to  the  amount  of  $6.5  a 
weekly  payment  of  only  one  dollar  is  required:  .$100  purchases,  .fi6.00  per 
month,  and  •■pi, 000  purchases,  $.50  per  month,  and  moreover  no  extra  charges 
for  interest  or  expenses  are  added'  to  the  amount  of  the  bill,  as  is  usually 
done.  Mr.  J.  Howard  Cowperthwait  is  a  New  Yorker  by  birth,  and  one  of 
our  representative  merchants  who  well  merits  his  great  success. 


AIJiEIiT  C.  O  TTO,  Manufacturer  of  Fine  Furniture.  Nos.  629  to  633 
East  Kith  .Street,  Between  Avenues  B  and  C— The  inception  of 
this  establishment  dates  from  1856,  when  it  was  founded  by  Mr. 
Bernard  Welteck.  who  was  succeeded  in  1890  by  Mr.  Otto,  under 
whose  able  management  the  enter])rise  has  continued  to  thrive  and 
prosper  and  its  business  has  been  much  enlarged  and  its  opeiations 
extended.  The  factory  occupies  three  floors  of  a  building,  7-5  x  100  feet  in 
dimensions,  and  is  well  etiuipjied  with  improved  machines  and  appliances, 
and  all  conveniences  are  at  hand  that  can  in  any  way  facilitate  the  manu- 
facture of  the  specialties  of  the  house.  A  foi  ce  of  forty  skilled  workmen  is 
employed  and  the  output  is  heavy.  Mr.  Otto  makes  fciblcs  for  cafes,  hotels, 
restaurants  and  stores,  and  in  addition  makes  a  specialty  of  the  reproduc- 
tion of  antique  furniture  in  oak  and  real  mahogany,  such  as  dining  chair.s, 
buffets,  library  and  card  tables  and  other  novelties,  and  carries  a  large 
stock  at  all  times.  In  their  construction  only  the  best  and  most  thor- 
oughly seasoned  woods  are  used,  and  they  are  models  of  originality  and 
the  best  workmanship.  The  trade,  which  is  exclusively  with  jobbers 
and  dealers,  comes  from  all  sections  of  the  country  and  is  yearly  incieasing 
in  volume  and  importance.  Mr.  Otto  purchases  his  materials  at  first  hand 
from  the  most  reliable  sources,  and  fully  warrants  every  article  that 
leaves  his  establishment  to  be  exactly  as  represented.  Tie  is  a  man  of 
experience  and  ability,  a  German  by  birth,  and  resides  in  Brooklyn. 


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FRANK  T.  LENT.  Architect,  No.  04  Liberty  Street.— It  is  a  well 
appreciated  fact  that  Mr.  Frank  T.  Lent,  the  well-known  architect 
of  this  city,  has  elevated  the  plane  of  the  modern  sulmrban  resi- 
dence and  summer  house  to  a  higher  standard  of  excellence  than 
was  ever  conceived  of  before.  In  fact,  there  are  very  few,  if  any,  con- 
temporary architects  who  attempt  to  maintain  the  degree  of  perfection 
with  which  ilr.  Lent  plans  and  linishes  every  house  he  builds.  He  gives 
his  special  attention  to  suburban  work,  seashore  residences  and  summer 
houses,  on  tlie  basis  of  economy  of  construction,  careful  .superintendence, 
picttiresque  designs,  accurately  made  drawings  and  specifications,  and  has 
had  an  experience  of  sixteen  years  in  this  kind  of  architecture.  He  estab- 
lished himself  in  business  here  in  1S80.  with  office  (luarters  at  the  address 
noted  above  for  two  years  past.  His  methods  are  thoroughly  characteris- 
tic. He  approaches  the  erection  of  a  house  after  a  careful  study  of  the 
location,  the  preparation  of  the  most  complete  drawings,  and  an  infusion  of 
artistic  beauty  in  his  architectural  designs.  As  a  result,  his  work  has  be- 
come deservedly  celebrated  ;  his  fame  rests  upon  a  long  and  successful 
career,  and  his  services  are  engaged  largely  in  designing  and  supervising 
the  erection  of  the  most  allvanced  class  of  sul)urban  and  city  residences, 
cottages,  mansions  and  villas  for  prominent  New  Yorkers  and  others.  It 
is  needless  to  particularize  in  regard  to  the  work  of  so  well-known  an  archi- 
tect as  Mr.  Lent  ;  several  hundred  examples  of  buildings  and  any  number 
of  first-class  residences  are  scattered  over  the  United  States,  as  well 
as  many  in  this  city  and  vicinity,  and  stand  as  references  to  his  ability 
and  skill.  Mr.  Lent  is  the  author  of  "Sound  .Sense  in  Suburban  Architect- 
ure'' and  Sensible  Suburban  Residences,"  which  are  highly  commended 
by  the  press  as  authorities  upon  the  subject.  He  graduated  from  Rutgers 
College,  at  New  IJrunswick,  New  Jersey,  as  a  civil  engineer  ■;  studied  with 
Potter  &  Robertson,  of  New  York,  and  also  studied  his  profession  abroad. 
He  is  fully  i)repared  with  all  the  necessary  facilities  to  design  and  super- 
vise the  erection  of  any  building,  not  only  promptly,  but  with  that  intelli- 
gence which  has  caused  his  efforts  to  be  so  highly  appreciated. 


GEORGE  M.  CURTIS,  .Jr..  Real  Estate  and  Appraiser,  Room  .')21 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company's  Building,  Nassau  and  Liberty 
Streets. — This  gentleman  was  deputed  as  apjiraiser  by  the  sur- 
rogate two  years  ago,  since  combining  with  such  official  apjioint- 
ment  the  real  estate  brokerage  business,  which  he  has  since  developed  to 
proportions  of  no  inconsiderable  magnitude.  He  brings  practical  expe- 
lience  to  bear,  coupled  with  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the  various  resi- 
dential and  business  sections  of  the  metropolis,  and  has  most  deservedly 
succeeded  in  establishing  business  connections  of  a  strictly  first-class 
character.    His  facilities  for  effecting  sales  are  of  a  superior  character, 


and  he  is  always  able  to  investigate  and  decide  upon  profitable  invest- 
ments. Mr.  Curtis,  who  is  a  native  aiul  lesident  ot  New  York,  enjoys  a 
high  reputation  as  an  expert  upon  i)resent  and  prospective  values,  which 
has  caused  him  to  frequently  be  called  upon  to  act,  officially  and  for  pri- 
vate parties,  as  appraiser  of  all  descrii)tions  of  realty.  His  valuations 
have  ever  been  borne  out  by  sul)seqnent  sales,  and  his  honorable  methods 
have  gained  for  him  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  entire  community. 

MOONEY  it  WHITCOMU.  Manufacturers  of  Fine  Stiff  and  Soft 
Hats,  No.  16  Clinton  Place.  One  Block  West  of  Broadway.— This 
well-known  firm,  whose  trade  operations  extend  all  over  the 
United  States,  was  organized  in  188:3,  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Mooney,  and 
in  1894  he  admitted  Mr.  N.  W.  Whitconib  to  partnersliip  under  the  present 
firm-title,  but  prior  to  this  Mr.  Mooney  had  been  established  in  business 
individually  for  some  twenty-seven  years,  and  he  is  widely  known  in  the 
trade.  Both  gentlemen  possess  a  sound.  i)ractical  knowledge  of  all 
branches  of  the  hat  manufacturing  industry,  and  devote  their  attention  to 
the  production  of  fine  stiff  and  soft  hats,  in  which  line  they  have  met  with 
the  most  pronounced  success.  They  employ  a  large  force  of  skilled  opera- 
tives, are  possessed  of  the  most  complete  facilities  for  making  first-class 
goods,  and  their  hats  are  unsurpassed  for  style,  quality,  durability  and 
o-eneral  excellence.  These  goods  are  put  on  the  market  by  sample  only, 
being  made  to  suit  the  wants  or  tastes  of  patrons,  and  the  trade  is  advised 
to  examine  their  goods  and  compare  prices  before  placing  orders  else- 
where. 

GROSS  &  WISE.  Commi.ssion,  and  Importers  of  Silks.  Satins, 
Velvets,  Etc..  No.  (US  Broadway. — Tliis  firm  began  business  in 
188.5,  success  attending  them  from  the  outset,  and  their  trade 
now  reaches  to  all  sections  of  the  Union.  They  employ  a  full 
staff'  of  clerks  and  have  four  traveling  salesmen.  The  premises  occupied 
for  the  business  have  dimensions  of  38  x  .50  x  200  feet,  and  are  appointed 
in  the  most  appropriate  manner  with  all  conveniences  and  facilities.  The 
heavy  stock  carried  embraces  a  choice  assortment  of  silks  for  dress  goods, 
milliners"  fine  silks,  also  satins  and  velvets,  and  these  are  furnished  to  the 
trade  at  lowest  quotations.  The  members  of  the  firm,  Messrs.  AUiert  H. 
Gross  and  O.  S.  Wise,  are  both  natives  of  this  city.  Mr.  (iross  received 
his  education  in  the  New  York  College,  and  later  on  succeeded  his  father, 
who  for  years  had  conducted  a  dry  goods  establishment  in  Mississippi.  Mr. 
Gross  finally  disposed  of  this  business,  and  returned  to  New  York  to  enter 
his  present  line  of  enterprise.  Mr.  Wise  was  a  student  in  Cornell  College, 
and  after  two  years'  study  at  that  institution  went  to  Europe  to  study  the 
silk  industry,  which  he  mastered  in  all  its  details. 


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B.VBCOCK-LAKY  DI!ED(}1\(;  COMPANY,  No.  2!)  Broadway.— The 
professional  element  of  this  city  includes  most  of  the  leaders  in 
the  various  lields  of  endeavor,  and  in  the  science  and  practice  of 
engineering  the  metropolis  can  produce  an  array  of  talent  unex- 
celled by  any  other  city  in  the  world.  In  its  special  branch  the  Babcock- 
Lary  Dredging  Company  take  a  foremost  position  in  this  city.  This 
company  are  extensively  engaged  in  the  dredging  industry,  and  make  a 
si)ecialty  of  reclaiming  meadow  and  low  lauds,  also  inland  lakes.  The 
business  was  originally  established  here  in  ISiK),  by  Messrs.  Babcock,  Lary 
&  Co.,  as  contractors  and  engineers,  and,  after  some  changes,  the  present 
company  was  incorporated  in  189G,  witli  a  capital  of  §60,000,  and  with  C.  JI. 
Lary  as  president;  H.  K.  Wheeler,  vice-president;  C.  P.  (irout,  secretary 
and  treasurer.  As  contractors  for  dredging  and  delivering  the  material, 
this  company  can  safely  cliallenge  successful  competition.  They  control 
the  first  and  only  perfected  and  efficient  a]jplication  of  the  vacuum  pump 
system  of  forcing  tlie  material  dredged  to  the  point  of  delivery.  This  sys- 
tem is  not  an  experiment,  but  is  already  thoroughly  developed,  and  its 
demonstration  in  practical  operation  proves  the  fact  that  it  piovides  the 
most  powerful,  rapid  and  economical  method  that  has  ever  been  brought 
out  for  removing  large  bodies  of  material  and  depositing  the  same  where 
required.  It  is  specially  adapted  to  dredging  inland  lakes  where  the 
problem  of  the  disposal  of  material  is  an  important  factor,  and  where  it  is 
essential  that  surrounding  land  be  not  flooded  with  an  excess  of  waste.  It 
delivers  material  from  the  pipe  eighty  to  ninety  per  cent,  solid.  This  com- 
pany have  reclaimed  over  one  hundred  acres  of  land  at  Bergen  Beach, 
Long  Island,  during  the  last  two  years,  and  they  also  dredged  400,000  cubic 
yards  from  Washington  Lake,  the  chief  water  supply  of  Newhurgh,  New 
York,  in  1892.  Their  services  are  in  constant  and  important  demand  in 
city  and  country,  and  are  rendered  in  such  a  skillful  manner  as  to  invariably 
add  to  their  prestige  and  popularity.  The  officers  of  the  comi)any  are  well- 
known  New  Yorkers,  expert  and  practical,  honorable  and  reliable,  and  are 
deserving  of  every  confidence  and  the  largest  measuie  of  success. 

MSTACHELBEIKi  &  CO.,  Havana  Cigar  Makers  and  Importers, 
Nos.  383  and  38.")  West  Broadway.— Among  the  many  cigar 
^  manufacturing  establishments  in  the  United  States  none  occupies 
a  more  distinguished  place  by  reason  of  the  high  quality  of  its 
product  and  the  magnitude  of  its  trade  than  the  ancient  and  widely  dis- 
tinguLshed  house  of  M.  Stachelberg  &  Co.,  whose  name  is  as  widely  known  to 
the  trade  as  is  that  of  the  metropolis  itself.  The  house  imports  and  manu- 
factures pure  Havana  cigars,  which  in  excellence  of  workmanship  and 
perfection  of  flavor  are  unexcelled,  and  are  known  to  dealers  as  the  best 
sellers  and  to  connoisseurs  as  the  best  smokers  on  the  market.  The  busi- 
ness was  established  in  1S.")7,  by  Ml'.  M.  Stachelberg,  who,  in  1892,  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  sons,  Messrs,  E.  J.  Stachelberg  and  C.  G.  Stachelberg,  who 


now  continue  the  business  under  the  firm-style  of  M.  Stachelberg  &  Co., 
and  are  nuiintaining  and  extending  the  high  reputation  established  by  the 
founder  of  the  house.  The  factory  ranks  among  the  largest  in  New  York, 
employing  five  hundred  expert  hands,  and  occupying  .seven  floors,  each 
100  X  M  feet  in  dimensions.  All  cigars  bearing  the  stamp  of  this  house  are 
hand-made  from  carefully  selected  Havana  tobacco,  and  carefully  selected 
before  being  sent  out.  So  careful  is  every  process  of  manufacture  and  so 
rigid  is  tlie  inspection  that  the  various  brands  maintain  a  perfection  of 
uniformity  hardly  to  be  found  in  those  of  any  other  manufacturer,  an^.  it  is 
this  fact,  in  conjunction  with  their  general  excellence  which  makes  them 
so  popular  with  the  most  exacting  smokers.  Among  the  brands  which 
have  gained  the  w  idest  popularity  may  be  mentioned  "  Stachelberg's 
American,"  "La  Eama  Universal,"  "  Kaphail,"  "Red  Top,"  "August 
Belmont,"  and  "  Stanford."  These  cigars  were  awarded  first  prize  at  the 
Columbian  Exposition  at  Chicago,  and  also  at  the  California  Midwinter 
Fair.  They  are  sold  all  over  the  United  States  and  are  also  exported.  The 
house  has  a  branch  at  Havana,  Cuba,  and  enjoys  the  best  facilities  for 
obtaining  the  very  best  Havana  tobacco.  Both  members  of  the  firm  are 
natives  of  New  York  and  residents  of  the  melropolis,  and  take  a  leading 
rank  among  our  representative  business  men. 

AMEPtlCAN  SAFETY  WINDOW  COMPANY,  Rooms  .56  and  57,  Nos. 
11  Wall  and  .51  West  14th  Streets. — This  company  was  incorporated 
early  in  1890,  under  the  laws  of  W^est  Virginia,  with  a  capital  of 
••^lOO.OOO.  and  with  J.  J.  Dimock  as  president  and  treasurer;  R.  N. 
Morton,  vice-president;  C.  B.  Sweeny,  secretary.  This  company  are  manu- 
facturers of  a  device  to  enable  people  to  clean  or  repair  the  outside  of  a 
window  on  the  inside  of  the  room.  The  chief  advantages  for  house-owners 
in  the  use  of  this  device  lie  in  the  ease  with  which  windows  may  be 
cleaned  or  repaired  on  both  sides  from  the  inside  of  the  room  and  the  con- 
sequent safety  to  the  lives  and  health  of  servants.  No  ropes,  hooks  or 
ladders  required.  You  can  clean  both  sides  of  your  window  inside  the 
room  without  exposure,  with  the  outside  blinds  shut  if  you  desire.  By 
the  use  of  this  company's  chain  or  cord-holders,  builders  and  sash  manu- 
facturers can  save  luoney,  time  and  labor.  There  is  both  the  reversible 
and  swinging  system,  each  furnished  plain,  lacquered,  nickeled  or  oxy- 
dized,  at  from  75  to  90  cents  per  set.  The  cost  is  much  less  than  for  any 
other  similar  device  manufactured.  The  company  have  sni)i)lied  Lord's 
Court  Building,  the  new  building  of  the  New  York  Athletic  Club,  and 
many  others  in  this  city  and  elsewhere,  and  they  invariably  afford  com- 
plete satisfaction.  Inspection  is  solicited  at  their  show  rooms,  or  they 
will  send  a  salesman  with  model  on  request.  President  Dimock  is  a  well- 
known  New  Yorker,  who  has  been  on  Wall  Street  since  1868,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Stock  Exchange  for  twelve  years,  retiring  on  account  of  his 
health,  and  he  is  now  secretary  of  the  Walnut  Grove  Water  Co.  of  Arizona. 


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THE  HAYWAUD  COMTANV,  No.   11  Tine  Street.— This  company 
are  introducinj;-  Hayward's  Patent  Dredge,  Excavator,  Grajiple  and 
Coal  Bucket,  and  operate  works  at  Cleveland,  Ohio.    Mr.  J.  H. 
Ilayward  is  the  inventor  of  tlie  bucket  and  an  expert  mechanical 
engineer,  possessed  of  a  genius  for  invention  and  an  aml)ition  to  excel,  and 
has  paid  close  and  undivided  attention  to  tlie  excellence  and  efficiency  of 
his  products  ratlier  than  to  the  amount  of  sales  or  monetary  returns. 


His  trade  has  therefore  grown  from  year  to  year  until  he  has  reached  a 
pre-eminence  in  this  line  of  which  he  has  every  reason  to  be  proud.  Hay- 
ward's  round  buckets  will  dig  everything  that  is  penetrable.  Tliey  are 
made  with  three  or  more  pointed  steel  blades,  and  can  be  attaclied  to  and 
operated  on  any  and  every  style  of  lioisting  and  conveying  machinery. 
They  are  made  any  size,  from  one  cubic  foot  to  ten  cubic  yards  cajjacity, 
and  are  unequalled  for  use  in  bituminous  coal,  iron  ore,  broken  stone, 
rock,  sand  or  gravel.  There  are  two  hundred  now  in  use  in  this  country, 
and  among  prominent  users  have  been  and  are  tlie  New  York  Central,  New- 
York  &  Northern,  Long  Island,  Cincinnati  Southern,  and  Delaware*  Hud- 
son Canal  Company  Railroads;  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company,  W.  II. 
Brown's  Sons  and  Park  Brothers  &  Co.,  (Limited),  of  Pittsburgh;  Tide 
Water  Coal  Company,  of  Pittsburgh ;  S.  P.  Kineoii,  Cincinnati ;  Crescent 
City  Wrecking  Company,  and  New  Orleans  Dredging  Company,  of  New 


Orleans.  By  sending  tliis  company  a  description  of  material  to  be  handled 
and  the  nuiehinery  tliat  buckets  are  to  be  operated  by,  the  style,  size, 
weight  and  price  of  buckets  best  adapted  for  the  same  will  be  furnished. 
Mr.  Ilayward  is  a  New  Yorker  by  birth  and  education,  and  is  widely  honored 
an<l  esteemed  for  liis  inventive  genius,  his  many  accomplishments  as  a 
niimutacturer  and  liis  reliability  as  a  business  man. 

FBEDEUIC  J.  FALDING,  Consulting  Engineer,  Chemical  Plant  and 
Apparatus,  Aldricli  Court,  No.  4.5  Broadway. — Although  only  a 
year  or  So  established,  the  gentleman  whose  name  heads  this 
sketch  is  widely  and  favorably  known  in  engineering  circles.  He 
stands  high  in  his  profession,  and  fully  sustains  tlie  reputation  he  enjoys. 
He  has  been  engaged  in  various  operations  in  his  jirofessional  capacity  and 
receives  a  very  flattering  sliare  of  recognition.  Mr.  Falding  is  a  thoroughly 
equipped  engineer,  and  a  man  of  many  years'  practical  experience,  as  well 
as  of  skill  and  ability.  He  lias  a  well-appointed  office,  and  employs  several 
competent  assistants.  Mr.  Falding  is  consulting  engineer  for  a  number  of 
large  corporations,  including  tlie  Grasselli  Chemical  Company,  of  Cleve- 
land, Ohio;  the  Acme  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Wilmington,  New 
Jersey  ;  the  Virginia-Carolina  Chemical  Company,  of  Richmond,  Virginia; 
the  Martin  KalbHciscIi  Chemical  Company,  of  New  York,  and  the  firm  of 
(i.  W.  Grartlin  &  Son,  Baltimore,  Maryland.  He  makes  a  specialty  of 
chemical  plants  and  apparatus,  and  is  an  expert  in  that  line.  He  is  pre- 
pared to  furnish  plans,  designs  and  specilications  for  work  and  machinery, 
and  to  supervise  the  work  of  construction  and  equipment  of  plants. 

THE  ENET  FLOUR  EXPORT  COMPA\Y.  Room  E,  21  Produce  Ex- 
change Building.— A  noteworthy  and  widely  known  concern  en- 
gaged in  the  flour  trade  here  is  The  Eiiet  Flour  Export  Company, 
exporters  of  the  Jersey  City  Milling  Company's  flours.  This 
company  was  organized  some  twelve  months  ago,  and  under  the  judicious 
business  management  of  Mr.  Louis  Enet  del  Olio  the  scope  of  trade  re- 
lates to  the  exportation  of  spring  and  winter  -wheat  flours  of  all  grades,  a 
specialty  being  made  of  the  -Mersey  Bell  "  Hungarian  patent  flour,  manu- 
factured by  the  comp.any  named  above,  to  Mexican,  West  Indian,  Southern 
and  Central  American  ports.  All  orders  are  promptly  filled  and  the  facilities 
at  the  command  of  the  house  are  such  as  to  enable  its  proprietors  to 
quote  figures  to  tlieir  customers  few,  if  any,  of  their  competitors  can  profit- 
ably duplicate.  The  proprietor  was  born  in  Venezuela,  where  the  company 
lias  representatives.  They  are  members  of  the  Produce  Exchange,  and 
have  been  actively  engaged  in  the  flour  exporting  trade  for  the  past  seven 
years.  The  policy  upon  which  the  business  is  conducted  has  always  been 
characterized  by  liberality  and  the  careful  fostering  of  the  interests  of  all 
patrons,  while  its  managers  are  gentlemen  of  exjierience  in  its  every  detail 
and  of  the  highest  standing  in  the  business  community. 


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Ml  LI-:A\  All!  IT.Ml'A-  MACHINK  COMl'AXV.  Iliind  niiil  WuUt 
I'liwcr  Ail-  l'inii])s  ami  Macliines,  Etc.,  No.  27  Centre  Street. — 
The  \vi(li'.si)re;ul  and  growing  demand  for  an  improved  ela.ss  of 
air  immps,  .'io  notable  of  late  year.s,  lias,  in  tlie  nature  of  things, 
resulted  in  placing  iii>on  the  market  a  very  supei  ior  article  of  this  cliarae- 
ter.  The  Mc  Lean  Air  I'ump  and  Machine  Company  are  the  manufacturers 
of  the  celebrated  McLean  air  pumps  and  faucets,  hand  and  water  jiowcr 
air  pumps  and  machines,  and  suiijilies  for  air  appaiatns  ;  also  eveiytliiiig 
for  cooling,  tapping  and  drawing  beer,  ale,  porter,  etc.  For  accuracy,  relia- 
bility, durability  and  efficiency,  the  Mc  Lean  air  jjump  is  nnequaled,  its  de- 
sign being  of  the  simplest  yet  most  perfect  character,  and  acting  in  strict 
accordance  with  the  commonest  known  laws  of  juieumatics,  while  at  the 
same  time  it  can  be  operated  and  regulated  without  any  elaborate  instruc- 
tions, and  it  is  not  liable  to  get  out  of  order.  It  has  a  capacity  of  forty 
cubic  inches  per  stroke,  ciglity  strokes  and  upwards  per  minute,  and  is 
made  in  all  styles  required  for  use  of  physicians  and  surgeons,  scientists, 
electricians,  dentists,  plumbers,  gas  makers,  bicycle  and  tire  makers, 
bicycle  dealers,  bicycle  riders,  car  builders,  brewers  and  others.  It  fills  a 
bicycle  tire  in  five  seconds.  The  operating  motion  is  natural  and  easy, 
the  leverage  increasing  as  the  resistance  increases,  enabling  the  operator 
to  pum])  very  high  pressure  with  comparatively  little  labor,  and  do  it 
very  quickly.  This  pump  has,  in  fact,  no  equal  for  compressing  air  by 
hand  power  witli  ease  and  lapidity,  for  all  purposes.  It  is  now  in  aj)- 
jircciative  and  increasing  use  all  over  the  land.  The  "Newark"  auto- 
matic water  power  air  pump,  furnished  by  this  comi)any,  is  also  worthy  of 
special  mention,  as  it  is  decidedly  a  very  sui)erior  and  inexpensive  auto- 
matic means  of  compressing  air,  especially  for  beer  and  ale  pump  outfits, 
for  which  purjjose  a  full  line  of  supplies  in  faucets,  tai)S.  bungs  and  tubes, 
cooling  coils,  bar  drainers  and  other  materials  of  tlic  most  modern  and 
approved  style  can  be  had  at  their  store.  This  company  was  organized  in 
.January,  189(5,  by  Messrs.  .1.  N.  Mc  Lean  and  II.  K.  Steinhilber,  who  have 
since  conducted  the  business  with  signal  ability  and  steadily  increasing 
success.  Mr.  Me  Lean  is  the  inventor  of  all  the  pumps  that  bear  his  name, 
and  both  are  gentlemen  of  large  practical  experience,  wide  acquaintance  and 
sterling  personal  worth. 

SAMI:EL  IJOOTII,  :;.".th  Street  Steam  Boiler  Works.  \os.  rA-)  and  .">4.-) 
West  .'!5th  Street. — This  gentleman  is  a  manufacturer  of  sti'aiii 
boilers,  steam,  lard  and  water  tanks;  also  sheet  iron  work  of  all  de- 
scriptions, all  kinds  of  plate  iron  work,  and  makes  a  specialty  of 
ilouble  cone  rendering  tanks.    He  established  his  business  here  in  1808, 
and  none  engaged  in  this  line  in  Xew  York  maintains  a  higher  standing  in 
the  trade.    The  boilers  and  tanks  supplied  liere  are  of  every  size,  style 


and  variety,  and  are  of  such  a  character  for  utility,  reliability  and  superi- 
ority, as  to  command  universal  attention  and  general  ])atronage.  A  num- 
ber of  skilled  hands  are  constantly  employed,  and  the  annual  output  is  one 
of  great  magnitude  and  value.  The  trade  of  the  house  extends  to  all  parts 
of  the  United  States,  and  is  annually  increasing.  Prices  are  at  bed-rock, 
and  purchasers  in  this  line  will  save  money  and  obtain  better  service 
tlirongli  this  house  than  by  dealing  with  any  other  in  the  country.  Mr. 
Booth  is  a  native  of  England,  who  came  to  New  York  over  forty  years  ago; 
be  is  still  in  the  active  jiriine  of  life,  and  a  mcmlier  of  the  .Mechanics'  and 
Tradesmeirs  Society. 


.MEKICAN  EIRE  i;ESISTIN(i  I'AIXT  COMPANY.  Manufacturers 
of  Paints  and  Kalsomines,  No.  17  liroadway. — This  company  is 
manufacturing  the  best  fire-jiroof  paint  on  the  market,  under  the 


])ersoiial  supervision  of  the  original  inventor  of  fire-proof  paint, 
and  became  a  corporate  organization  in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  the 
state  of  New  .Jersey,  December,  189.5.  The  com])any  has  an  ample  cash 
capitalization,  and  is  ably  officered  by  the  following  well-known  business 
men: — William  Watt,  ])resident  and  general  manager,  and  Howard  Ives, 
secretary  and  treasurer.  The  works  of  the  concern  are  located  at  Eliza- 
beth. New  .Jersey,  and  are  fully  equipped  with  all  the  latest  improved  ma- 
chinery and  devices  known  to  this  branch  of  industry.  Here  a  full  force  of 
skilled  and  experienced  hands  is  provided  with  constant  employment,  the 
range  of  production  embracing  fire  resisting  paints  in  all  colors,  fire  resist- 
ing graphite  paint  for  use  on  wood  only,  graphite  jiaints  for  metals  and 
woods,  metallic  paints  in  various  shades,  also  fire  resisting  kalsomine  for 
interior  use  in  factories,  stables,  warehouses,  etc.  These  paints  combine 
all  the  elements  of  the  best  paints  in  the  market,  which,  combined  with 
their  fire  resisting  qualities  render  them  invaluable,  esjiecially  as  regards 
the  exterior  and  interior  of  frame  buildings.  This  jiaint  is  used  by  the 
New  Haven  Steamboat  Company,  and  .Jewell's  Wharf.  Brooklyn,  and  many 
others.  A  trial  is  all  that  is  solicited,  the  company  fearing  not  the  verdict 
of  the  most  critical  who  put  their  jiroducts  to  a  test.  The  desirability  and 
high  value  of  their  paint  can  be  exemi)lified  by  the  recent  fire  in  Carteret, 
New  -Jersey,  where,  in  a  group  of  sixteen  buildings  which  were  endan- 
gered, two  which  were  painted  with  the  fire-resisting  paint  as  made  by 
this  company,  were  saved  together  with  their  contents,  intact,  while  the 
fourteen  were  destroyed.  Mr.  Watt,  the  president  of  the  comiiany,  has 
lieen  identified  with  the  i)aint  trade  for  many  years  ami  is  well  known. 
He  is  a  native  of  New  York  ('ity.  and  resides  in  Brooklyn.  Mr.  Ives,  the 
treasurer  and  secretary,  is  a  native  New  Yorker,  and  well  known  in  busi- 
ness circles  here,  having  formerly  been  engaged  in  the  tobacco  trade. 
Both  are  giving  skilled  itersonal  attention  to  the  details  of  the  business, 
and  success  is  bound  to  attend  them  in  their  new  venture. 


4f  NEW  YORK- 1 see.  w 


WEST  SIDE  ARCHITECTURAL  IRON  WORKS,  William  H.  Van 
Tassel,  Nos.  550-560  West  Sold  Street.— This  enterprise  was 
inaugurated  here  in  1856,  and  the  present  works  have  been 
occupied  since  1807.  Its  long  career  of  prosperity  is  indicative 
of  the  zeal  and  ability  devoted  to  the  management  of  the  house.  All  kinds 
of  iron  work  for  buildings  is  supplied  at  short  notice,  including  store 
fronts,  girders,  columns,  lintels,  beams,  door  lintels,  window  lintels  and 
sills,  and  all  kinds  of  building  castings:  also  iron  railings,  shutters,  doors, 
skylights,  grating,  and  iron  work  in  general.  The  success  attending  the 
operations  of  this  enterpri-sing  house  has  been  steady  and  continuous,  and 
to-day  it  occupies  a  position  in  its  line  second  to  none  other  in  the  country. 
Only  the  finest  work  emanates  therefrom,  and  specimens  thereof  arc 
abundant  in  this  city.  Mr.  Van  Tassel  executed  the  iron  work  on  the 
O'Neil  Building,  Sixth  Avenue  and  21st  Street;  the  Bradley  Building,  18th 
Street  and  Fourth  Avenue;  the  Lincoln  National  Bank  and  Lincoln  Safe 
Deposit  Company,  42nd  Street  and  Fourth  Avenue— which  two  are  the  only 
buildings  that  are  thoroughly  lire-proof  hi  this  city;  also  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment Building.  07th  Street  and  Third  Avenue;  the  Boreel  Building,  Broad- 
way, between  Liberty  and  Cedar  Streets,  among  many  others  no  less  not- 
able. All  work  supplied  is  guaranteed  as  represented,  and  all  statements  in 
letter  and  spirit  are  substantiated.  Orders  by  telephone,  *' ;3.52  3Sth,"  receive 
immediate  personal  attention.  Mr.  Van  Tassel  is  a  native  of  New  York, 
an  honored  member  of  the  Building  Trades  Club,  the  Mechanics'  Society, 
the  Mechanics'  Exchange,  the  Iloboken  Turtle  Club  and  other  bu.siness  and 
social  organizations.  He  is  at  ])resent  finishing  the  iron  work  for  the  addi- 
tion to  the  "  Museum  of  Natural  History"  in  Central  Park,  and  is  widely 
recognized  as  an  expert  authority  in  his. special  field  of  labor. 

THE  NATIONAL  PIPE  BENDING  COMPANY.  J.  J.  Nef.  General 
Manager,  Room  55,  No.  1.5-  Cortlandt  Street.- This  comi)any  was 
organized  many  years  ago  under  the  laws  of  Connecticut,  with 
a  capital  of  -SIOO.OOO.  and  are  widely  famous  as  manufacturers 
of  iron,  steel,  brass  and  copper  coils,  and  the  National  feed  water 
heater.  Tlieir  works  are  supplied  with  a  Thomson-Houston  electric  weld- 
ing machine,  and  other  modern  apidiances,  and  steady  employment  is 
given  to  one  hundred  skilled  woikmen.  Tliey  can  manufacture  iron  and 
steel  coils  over  one  mile  in  length,  without  any  joints,  being  electrically 
welded;  and  have  made  spiral  coils  2,240  feet  long,  of  one  and  one-half  inch 
pipe,  extra  heavy  in  weight,  seven  feet  in  diameter  and  sixteen  feet  high: 
also  one  1050  feet  long,  ten  feet  in  diameter,  same  height  and  thickness. 
These  were  made  for  refrigerating  plants,  while  they  also  make  coils  for 
chemical  works,  distilleries,  ice  companies  and  sugar  refineries.  Orders  of 
whatever  magnitude  are  promptly  filled,  and  on  the  most  favorable  terms. 
Colonel  S.  J.  Fox,  the  president  and  treasurer,  was  attorney-general  of 


Connecticut  for  twenty-one  years,  and  is  one  of  the  foremost  men  of  that 
State.  He  served  all  through  the  war,  and  is  an  honored  member  of  the 
Loyal  Legion  and  the  G.  A.  R.  Colonel  F,  li.  Bigelow,  the  secretary  of  the 
company,  is  a  son  of  former  Governor  Bigelow  of  Connecticut.  Mr.  J.  J. 
Nef,  general  manager  of  the  New  York  office,  has  been  with  the  comi)any 
since  18'.)1,  and  is  a  gentleman  of  experience  and  reliability,  with  whom  it 
is  always  a  i)leasure  to  transact  business. 

MEUIDA  CITY  GAS  COMPANY,  No.  2U  Broadway.— Among  the 
most  desirable  forms  of  investment  now  offering  are  the  securities 
of  the  Merida  City  Gas  Company.  Tliis  company  was  incorpo- 
rated in  lSt)(),  under  the  laws  of  New  Y'oik.  with  a  capital  of  -SlOO,- 
01)0,  and  with  Thomas  J.  Agnew  as  president;  Carroll  Si)rigg,  vice-president 
and  counsel  ;  Charles  Smith,  Jr.,  secietary,  and  Floyd  S.  Patterson,  treas- 
urer. The  company  has  for  its  object  the  manufacture  and  supply  of  gas 
for  heating,  cooking  and  illuminating  jmrposes  in  Merida  City,  the  cai>ital 
of  the  state  of  Yucatan,  Mexico.  This  city  has  a  population  of  about  ()5.000, 
and  excellent  facilities  are  at  hand  for  the  manufacture  of  gas  from  coal 
and  water.  President  Agnew  is  to  have  personal  charge  of  the  construc- 
tion and  operation  of  the  plant,  and  brings  to  bear  a  thorough  know  ledge 
of  the  business  in  all  its  phases.  He  has  been  superintendent  and  general 
manager  of  the  Santiago  de  Cuba  Gas  Company,  on  the  Island  of  Cuba,  and 
was  later  president  and  engineer  of  the  Staten  Island  Gas  Company,  until 
it  was  absorbed  by  older  companies.  He  is  thus  ])erfectly  experienced  and 
eminently  qualified  to  push  the  enterprise  through  with  success.  The 
comjiany  is  fully  organized  and  in  thorough  working  order,  and,  with  the 
splendid  prospects  before  it,  is  certain  to  be  a  steady  and  large  dividend 
payer. 

WILLIAM  1!.  CUNNINGHAM,  Importer  of  Jute  Goods,  Room  906 
Mutual  Reserve  Building,  No.  :]09  Broad  way.— This  gentleman 
is  a  native  of  Scotland,  but  has  long  resi(le<l  in  the  Ignited 
States,  and  is  popularly  known  in  commercial  circles.  He  began 
business  eighteen  years  ago  as  agent  for  J.  &  A.  D.  Grimond.  (Limited.) 
of  Scotland,  in  which  capacity  he  acted  up  to  April  1,  189:3,  when,  having 
jierfected  new  and  advantageous  relations,  he  entered  business  indepen- 
dently, and  has  since  developed  a  large  trade,  extending  to  all  sections 
east  of  the  Mississippi.  Mr.  Cunningham  is  a  direct  importer  of  and 
dealer  in  jute  goods,  fine  quality  mangled  burlaps  (satin  finish  brands), 
floor  cloth  canvas,  carpets,  bagging,  etc.,  and  burlaps  from  Dundee.  Scot- 
land, and  Calcutta,  India.  Only  the  best  grades  of  goods  in  these  lines  are 
handled,  and  orders  from  any  point  are  promptly  met  upon  the  most  favor- 
able terms. 


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LO.  KOCII,  Ap;eiit,  Zomose,  Yves  Marcliiei's  Ci'lebratcil  Ficiu  li  Moat 
Extiact  with  Vcuotables,  Xos.  21!)  (iieeuwich  Stieot  ami  4  West 
^  Broadway. — Tlie  Fieiicli  have  loiif;  been  workl-fanious  for  their 
skill  in  the  doniaiii  of  cuisine.  With  them,  cookery  is  a  distinct 
art.  It  has  been  reduced  to  a  science,  and  in  all  matters  i)ertainin<r  to  pre- 
paring food  pi  oduets,  our  Gallic  cousins  have  attained  the  highest  degree 
of  excellence.  The  i)reparations  put  up  by  them  for  making  consoninK's, 
soups,  broths,  etc.,  are  among  the  notable  achievements  of  this  age  of  jirog- 
ress  in  which  we  live.  And  while  on  the  subject  under  review,  special 
mention  should  here  be  made  ol  an  article  that  is  a  triumph  in  its  way, 
namely.  "Zomose,"'  Yves  Marchier's  celebrated  French  meat  extract  with 
vegetables., and  for  which  ^Ir.  L.  (i.  IJoch  is  sole  agent  in  the  United  States. 
Canada  and  Jlexico.  It  is  a  product  of  exceptional  excellence,  without  an 
equal  for  the  purposes  intended,  and  its  superiority  i.s  conceded  by  lead- 
ing cooks  everywhere.  It  has  been  on  the  market  now  fibout  two  years, 
and  commands  very  large  sale  in  this  country.  "  Zomose  "  is  an  extract  of 
beef,  w  ith  vegetables  and  spices.  ))repared  by  Yves  Marchier,  expert  chem- 
ist to  the  court,  member  of  the  National  Academy  of  France,  member  of 
the  French  jjoard  of  Health,  and  purveyor  to  the  army,  at  his  steam  fac- 
tory at  Le  Pouzia,  France.  It  is  made  from  carefully  selected  and  be.st  in- 
gredients on  scientific  principles,  and  in  accordance  with  a  regular  formula. 
It  is  patented  in  France  and  other  countries  and  is  in  rapidly  increasing  use 
all  over  the  globe.  It  is  in  tablet  form  and  put  up  in  boxes,  each  contain- 
ing twenty-one  tablets.  One  tablet  is  sufficient  to  make  a  i)int  of  excellent 
French  bouillon,  and  every  package  is  warranted  as  to  quality  and  quan- 
tity. "  Zomose  ''  is  a  (Jreek  compound  word,  which  means  the  cream 
of  nutrition  obtained  from  meat.  It  is  the  cheai)est  as  well  as  tlie  best  of 
all  meat  extr.'icts.  It  contains  all  the  nourishing  elements  of  prime  beef, 
and  is  prepared  with  every  guarantee  of  cleanliness  and  excellence.  It  is 
to  be  found  in  all  groceries  and  drug  stores,  and  can  be  retailed  by  the  tab- 
let. It  is  not  enclosed  in  gelatine,  nor  in  any  other  repulsive  cover,  and  it 
will  remain  excellent  for  a  long  time  in  any  temperature.  "Zomose"  is 
absolutely  free  of  garlic  as  many  comjietitors  have  falsely  reported.  Pre- 
sented to  the  jtublic  under  the  shajje  of  small  rectangular  tablets,  "  Zomose  " 
is  an  extract  of  the  nutritive  elements  of  first-class  jirime  beef,  combined 
with  the  vegetables  which  give  the  French  consommes  or  bouillon  snch  a 
delicate  aroma  and  flavor.  It  derives  its  prineii)al  <|viality  from  the  osma- 
zome  it  contains.  It  is  well  known  that  ozmazonie  is  the  nutritive  element 
of  meat,  and  that  as  such  it  is  highly  recommended  to  the  sick  by  the  med- 
ical profession.  The  greatest  care  is  employed  in  the  manufacture  of 
■'Zomose,"  which  has  the  advantage  of  remaining  excellent  for  a  long  time 
in  any  temperature,  unlike  other  meat  extracts  contained  in  gelatine  cap- 
sules. "Zomose"  has  been  adoi)ted  by  the  French  government  for  use  in 
the  army  and  navy.    Deliciously  aromatized  by  the  vegetables  and  spices 


used  in  its  preiiaration,  "  Zomose  "  does  not  require  any  other  seasoning, 
and  will  produce  instantaneously  an  excellent  and  i)erfect  consemme  or 
bouillon,  which  can  easily  be  compared  to  afresh  meat  and  vegetable  soup. 
"Zomose"  is  also  advantageously  used  in  the  i)rei)aration  of  sauces  anil 
other  dishes  in  which  extract  of  meat  and  vegetables  can  be  used,  such  as 
preserves,  rice,  macaroni,  etc.,  and  also  to  improve  and  strengthen  vegeta- 
ble soui)s.  Another  liigbly  meritorious  preparation  i)ut  up  by  Mr.  Mar- 
chier  is  "  Cerisette."'  a  refreshing,  digestive,  hygienic  and  economical 
beverage,  made  of  licorice  extract  and  Vichy  salts.  It  replaces  wine,  beer, 
tea  and  coffee,  and  is  largely  used  in  workshops,  laundries,  boarding 
schools  and  families.  The  above  products  have  been  awarded  twenty-one 
medals  and  four  diplomas  of  honor  at  several  exhibitions,  and  both  are  in 
extensive  and  growing  demand.  Mr.  Rocli,  the  American  agent  for  these 
goods,  is  a  native  of  France.  He  has  been  established  in  business  in  this 
city  since  1885,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  commercial  circles.  He 
is  manager  for  the  Comptoir  (Jommerciale  Fran(;ais,  a  union  of  French 
manufacturers  and  producers,  and  handles  great  quantities  of  table  delica- 
cies and  specialties  for  the  grocery  and  drug  trade. 

CllOCOLAT-MKNlEi:.  (American  IJrancb),  Edward  Bertault,  :Mana- 
ger,  Nos.  I'M  to  li)4  West  Broadway. — The  American  branch  of 
(^hocolat-.Menier  sui>plies  the  trade  all  over  the  United  States  and 
f'nnada,  with  branches  in  Chicago,  111.  ;  San  Francisco,  Cal.  ; 
New  Orleans.  La.,  and  Montreal,  P.  Q.  The  factory  of  Chocolat-Menier, 
at  Xoisiel,  near  Paris.  France,  is  the  largest  in  the  world,  and  Chocolat- 
Menier  is  the  only  firm  that  has.  in  South  America,  its  own  plantations  to 
])roduce  the  cocoa  used  in  its  manufacture.  It  has  its  own  fleet  of  steamers 
for  the  transportation  of  the  raw  material  to  its  factories  in  Fiance  and  Eng- 
land ;  has  its  own  sugar  refineries  ;  its  own  i-ailroads,  and  as  personal 
property  the  entire  town  of  Noisiel,  with  the  homes  of  two  thousand  of  its 
employes.  In  shoi  t.  everything  pertaining  to  the  manufacture  of  Chocolat- 
Menier  is  raised,  produced  and  nianufactured  by  Mcnier  himself.  Chocolat- 
Menier  offers  that  which  the  most  particular  epicures  look  for  and  what 
all  medical  men  desire— a  wholesome  and  agreeable  food  and  a  decided 
renovating  power.  These  advantages  are  due  to  a  special  system  of  manu- 
facture and  to  a  careful  selection  of  raw  materials  produced  on  Chocolat- 
Menier's  own  plantations.  Mr.  Edward  Bertault,  the  manager  in  New 
York,  has  virtual  charge  of  the  vast  business  done  by  Chocolat-Menier 
throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  most  ably  has  he  fulfilled 
the  duty  devolving  upon  him.  He  is  a  native  of  France,  and  entered  the 
house  of  Chocolat-Jfenier  in  his  boyhood,  rising  step  by  step  until  he  was 
placed  in  command  of  the  American  branch.  He  occupies  spacious  an<l 
attractive  quarters,  is  surrounded  by  a  corps  of  competent  assistants,  and 
enjoys  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  all  who  know  him. 


4t  NEW  YORK- t  see.  §!► 


129 


PNEUMATIC  FIKE  ALARM  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY,  No.  874 
^roachvay.— With  all  its  advantages  and  benefits  fire  insurance 
never  compensates  for  the  interruption  of  business,  nor  can  it  re- 
^  lieve  one  from  the  vexatious  delay  and  detail  of  adjustment  and 
settlement;  books  and  papers  can  not  be  replaced  by  money,  and  the  loss  of 
old  and  valued  customers,  who  are  obliged  to  supply  their  wants  elsewhere, 
is  st*ll  more  annoying.  Every  one  who  is  doing  well  dreads  a  fire,  and 
therefore  an  appliance  that  reduces  the  possibilities  of  such  calamities  to 
the  minimum,  and  calls  the  fire  department  to  the  sjjot  while  the  fire  can 
be  easily  controlled,  is  invaluable.  Such  an  appliance  and  protection  is 
furnished  by  the  Pneumatic  Fire  Alarm  'I'elegraph  Companj',  whose  main 
office  is  as  above.  In  the  .system  of  this  company,  the  transmission  of  sig- 
nals through  the  protected  buildings  is  accomplished  by  jtipes  filled  with 
air  under  atmospheric  pressure,  the  same  as  the  external  air.  Thermo- 
stats distributed  along  these  pipes,  in  case  of  fire,  fuse  and  create  a  slight 
pressure  which  liberates  a  train  of  clock  work,  which  then  sends  an  elec- 
tric signal  along  wires  to  the  Central  Station.  No  local  batteries  are  used 
in  the  buildings,  and  the  only  electric  circuits  are  those  between  the  Cen- 
tral Station  and  the  signal-boxes  of  the  various  buildings.  The  pneumatic 
thermostat  is  of  such  simplicity,  durability  and  efficiency  as  to  render  the 
old  styles  of  electrical  devices  almost  ridiculously  ciude  in  comparison.  It 
is  the  only  thermostat  with  a  record  of  uniformly  successful  operation  in 
every  fire  encomitered.  Over  100,000  are  already  in  use  protecting  seveial 
hundred  buildings,  aiul  reducing  the  rates  upon  insurance  exceeding  one 
hundred  millions  of  dollars.  notal)ly  a  large  majoi  ity  of  the  bonded  and 
free  warehouses  of  the  port  of  New  York,  such  as  Dean's.  Cam])bcirs. 
Wray's,  Casey's,  Driggs",  Jarvis".  Hobby's,  Acker's,  Shaw's,  Peck's,  Blux- 
ome's,  Kohler's,  .Johnson's,  Mayo's,  Everard's  and  others,  and  stores  and 
factories,  such  as  Chas.  Rroadway  Rouss,  ;Merck  ife  Co.,  Ilnyler's.  Franco- 
American  Food  Company.  United  Dressed  Beef  Company.  American  Dis- 
tributing Company.  Gordon  &  Dilworth,  J.  S.  Lowiey  &  Co..  Hazleton 
liros.,  Meyer  Jonasson  &  Co.,  Iden  &  Co.,  Alfred  Dolge  A:  Son.  Shep|)ard 
Knapp  &  Co.,  Cowperthwait  &  Co.,  Goldcnberg  Bros.  &  Co.,  Sonn  Bros., 
R.  E.  Dietz  Company,  E.  C.  Hazard  &  Co.,  E.  J.  Gillies  &  Co.,  and  many 
others  too  numerous  to  mention.  This  system  is  the  only  one  accepted  by 
the  Fire  Underwriters  of  Philadeliiliia.  and  hence  the  only  one  in  use  in 
that  city.  The  company  w  as  organized  in  Philadelphia  in  ISOl,  and  moved 
its  main  office  to  New  York  in  1S9.5.  Its  officers  are  as  follows,  viz  :— 
Thomas  R.  Brown,  president;  Lindley  Hoffman,  secretary  and  treasurer, 
and  Albert  Goldstein,  general  manager.  The  directors  are  gentlemen  of 
wealth  and  enterprise,  and  principally  resident  in  Philadelphia.  The  in- 
ventor of  the  system.  Mr.  Albert  Goldstein,  was  awarded  the  .John  Scott 
Legacy  Medal  and  Premium  theiefor  by  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  trustee 
under  the  will  of  John  Scott  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  such  action  being 


taken  upon  the  expert  report  of  the  Committee  on  Sciences  and  Arts  of  the 
Franklin  Institute  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania. 


MUTUAL  IRON  WORKS,  Manufacturers  of  Fire  Escapes,  Bridle 
Irons,  Etc.,  Nos.  705-709  First  Avenue,  Near  40th  Street.— This 
house  was  established  in  1881  and  early  developed  a  large  trade 
and  an  enviable  reputation  for  skill  and  enterpri.se.  successfully 
completing  many  imjiortant  contracts  in  this  city  and  vicinity.  The  prem- 
ises occupied  comitrise  a  three-story  double  building,  supplied  with  four 
forges  and  all  modern  machinery  and  facilities,  and  employment  is  given 
to  over  fifty  skilled  liands.  The  output  comprises  beams,  columns,  girders, 
gratings,  shutters,  fire  escapes,  bridle  irons,  etc.,  and  a  large  stock  of  steel 
and  iron  beams  is  kejit  constantly  on  hand.  The  services  of  the  house 
are  in  steady  and  important  request  in  this  city,  and  among  jobs  completed 
may  be  mentioned  eight  buildings  on  134th  Street,  between  Lenox  and 
Fifth  Avenues  ;  four  houses  on  i;37th  Street,  between  Lenox  and  Seventh 
Avenues  ;  two  buildings  on  West  99th  Street,  between  Lenox  and  Seventh 
Avenues,  and  a  building  on  East  7th  Street,  between  First  and  .Second 
Avenues  ;  one  on  East  5th  Street,  between  Second  and  Third  Avenues  ; 
two  on  East  lOtli  .Street,  between  First  and  Second  Avenues,  and  others  on 
Stanton  and  East  58th  Streets,  besides  a  number  of  jobs  and  large  con- 
tracts for  the  Equitable  Gas  Light  Company,  of  New  York.  Orders  by 
telejjhone,  "  No.  "272  38th  Street,"  receive  jjrompt  jjcrsonal  attention.  The 
proprietors  of  these  works  are  Messrs.  Thos.  Brady  and  Win.  Hauptmann. 
Mr.  Brady  is  a  native  of  Ireland. while  Mr.  Hau|)tmnnn  was  born  in  Germany; 
and  both  are  expei  ts  in  their  business,  and  members  of  the  Architectural 
Iron  AVorkers  .\ssociation.  the  Building  Trades  Club,  the  Mechanics'  and 
Traders'  Exchange,  and  the  Builders  League, 

EBEN  SUGDEN,  Fancy  Curtains  and  Lanibieqnins,  No.  69  Worth 
Street.— This  enterprise  was  initiated  by  Mr.  Sugden  in  1882,  and  has 
since  been  directed  by  him  with  steadily  increasing  success,  the 
volume  of  patronage  accorded  him  becoming  augmented  with  each 
succeeding  year,  and  the  house  is  a  recognized  leader  in  its  line  to-day.  its 
trade  ramifying  to  all  parts  of  the  ITnion.  The  premises  occupied  are 
spacious  and  neatly  appointed,  and  are  heavily  stocked  with  fancy  curtains, 
embioidered  scarfs,  lambrequins,  cashmere  shawls,  fancy  pongee  curtains, 
silkaline  curtains,  table  covers  and  cheap  portieres.  Mr.  .Sugden  manu- 
factures black  shawls  and  capes  of  superior  quality,  upon  which  he  quotes 
special  i)rices  to  the  trade,  and  in  all  transactions  he  ever  aims  to  advance 
the  best  interests  of  his  patrons,  and  to  make  all  dealings  mutually  satis- 
factory. 


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4f  NEW   YORK- 1896.  H> 


HAXLOX  it  GOODMAN,  Brushes,  Nos.  57  and  59  Fulton  Street.— As 
in  almost  all  the  other  gi  eat  branches  of  trade  in  the  United  States, 
reniaikahle  improvements  have  been  made  in  the  art  of  manufac- 
turiiii;  blushes.  Anion};  the  nations  of  antiquity  brushes,  as  we 
have  them  now,  were  unknown,  and  for  the  inirjjoses  to  which  we  apply 
them  tliey  used  various  substitutes.  In  these  modern  times,  however, 
while  tlie  <lun)aiid  for  brushes  seems  to  be  capable  of  indefinite  extension, 
the  supply  of  bristles,  the  chief  material  of  which  they  are  made,  does  not 
ajipear  to  be  capable  of  anything  like  a  proportionate  increase.  A  con- 
cern, however,  that  has  coiitined  itself  for  thirty  years  to  manufacturiii<;, 
in  this  city,  the  hii;liest  ft'ade  of  brushes  known  to  the  trade,  is  that  of 
Messrs.  Hanlon  &  (ioodman,  which  was  founded  in  18(55,  under  its  present 
title,  though  Mr.  15.  (Ioodman  for  some  years  prior  to  1891,  was  the  sole 
proprietor.  From  the  inception  of  the  house  to  the  present  day  this 
establishment  has  ever  maintained  a  position  in  the  front  rank  of  the 
trade,  the  sujjerior  excellence  of  the  goods  hiindled  and  the  large  business 
capacity,  energy  and  enterprise  that  have  ever  characterized  its  manage- 
ment, being  among  the  chief  factors  that  have  contributed  to  its  marked 
success.  The  premises  occupied  as  salesroom,  office  and  factory,  comprise 
a  live-story  building,  25  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  three  floors  of  the 
adjoining  building.  The  salesroom  is  on  the  first  floor,  and  the  upper 
floors  are  devoted  to  manufacturing  purposes.  The  manufacturing  de- 
partment is  one  of  the  best  equipped  establishments  of  the  kind  in  the 
country,  and  constant  employment  is  afforded  a  large  force  of  hands. 
Here  are  made  brushes  of  every  description,  a  si)ecial  feature  being  made 
of  brushes  for  house,  sign,  fresco,  wagon  and  car  painters,  jiaper  hangers, 
graiuers,  varnishers,  i)olishers,  etc.  The  firm  justly  prides  it.self  upon  the 
superior  excellence  of  its  goods,  for  these  are  made  from  the  very  best 
materials  that  can  be  secured,  and  only  the  most  skilled  and  experienced 
mechanics  are  employed  in  the  manufacturing  department.  Every  brush 
sent  out  of  this  establishment  bearing  the  firm-name  is  warranted  to  be  of 
pure  bristles  and  to  give  perfect  satisfaction.  An  immense  stock  is  carried 
at  all  times  ami  all  orders  are  promptly  and  satisfactorily  filled.  Brushes 
for  every  possible  use  are  made  to  order  and  at  i)rices  which  cannot  be 
du|)licated  elsewhere  for  first-class  work.  The  trade  of  the  house  is  one  of 
large  volume,  and  the  Ilaiilon  A  (Joodman  brushes  are  great  favorites  with 
all  lirst-class  dealers  in  painters'  sujiplies  in  all  the  principal  cities  and 
towns  in  the  country.  Mr.  Goodman  was  one  of  the  most  exjierienced  men 
in  the  trade,  a  man  of  untiring  energy,  of  sound  and  unmistakable  ability, 
and  was  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  mercantile  comninnity.  Since  his 
death  in  1S91,  Jlr.  John  J.  Whelen  lias  had  the  management  of  the  busi- 
ness for  the  widow.  He  is  a  native  of  Brooklyn,  where  he  still  resides, 
and  has  been  connected  with  the  house  for  the  past  sixteen  years.  He  is 
a  gentleman  of  the  highest  integrity  and  business  ability,  prominent  in  the 


councils  of  the  National  Provident  Union,  as  well  as  the  Foresters  of 
America  and  Royal  Arcanum,  and  well  and  favorably  known  in  business 
and  social  circles,  and  under  his  able  management  the  business  is  continu- 
ing its  old-time  prestige  and  increasing  in  volume. 

W. JACKSON'S  SONS,  Manufacturers  and  Iini)oiters  of  Grates, 
Open  Fire  Places,  Fenders,  Fire  Irons,  Andirons.  Tiles,  Etc., 
^  No.  24(i  Front  Street. — This  enterprise  bad  inceiition  in  1S27, 
and  was  started  by  W.  Jackson.  lie  died  in  187(1,  and  the 
inesent  flini-name  was  adopted  about  seven  years  ago.  Messrs.  J.  L.  and 
J.  W.  Jackson,  the  proprietors,  are  gentlemen  in  the  jninie  of  life  and 
native  New  Yorkers.  Both  are  men  of  practical  skill  and  thorough  expe- 
rience in  the  business,  and  exercise  close  personal  sniiervision  over  all  de- 
partments. They  have  first-class  facilities  and  turn  out  very  fine  work. 
They  manufacture  and  handle  elegant  and  excellent  goods,  and  every  arti- 
cle sold  by  them  is  warranted  as  to  make  and  material.  ^X.  Jackson's 
Sons  occupy  five  25  x  1.50-foot  floors,  and  their  establishment  is  well 
equipped.  They  employ  a  large  force  in  the  factory  at  No.  208  AVater 
Street,  and  have  facilities  for  storage  on  Peck  Slip.  Their  office  is  con- 
nected by  telephone.  "  10S9  Gortlandt,"  and  all  conveniences  are  provided. 
The  firm  has  an  extensive  trade  throughout  the  United  States,  and  exjiorts 
quite  largely  also  to  Central  and  South  America.  A  s])lendid  disjilay  is 
made  at  the  show  room,  and  a  very  large  stock  is  carried,  including  hand- 
some fireplaces  in  artistic  designs  and  of  beautiful  workmansliii);  sujierb 
l)roductions  in  grates,  fenders  and  brass  goods,  fire  irons,  andirons,  tiles, 
etc.  The  house  can  sup]dy  dealers  on  the  most  favorable  terms,  and  all 
orders  receive  prompt  and  careful  attention.  The  house  makes  a  leading 
Specialty  of  mantel-pieces  in  every  style  and  grade,  and  makes  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  displays  of  these  in  the  city. 

HENRY  TILGE  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Hatters'  Goods, 
No.  1;!  Washington  Place. — Sixty  years  of  continued  prosperity, 
sums  up  in  brief  the  business  career  of  Henry  Tilge  &  Co.,  of 
Philadelphia  and  New  York.  The  house  was  founded  about 
1S.35  by  Henry  Tilge,  who  came  to  this  country  from  Germany  in  1S20,  and 
who  died  about  six  years  ago,  leaving  the  business  to  his  sons,  ,1.  Henry, 
Jesse  A.,  and  (Jeo.  E.  Tilge.  Owing  to  the  recent  death  of  J.  Henry  Tilge. 
the  business  has  just  been  reorganized  under  the  same  firm-name,  by  the 
surviving  partners,  who  have  associated  with  them  Harry  F.  Tilge.  son  of 
the  late  J.  Henry  Tilge.  The  New  York  office  is  at  the  address  above, 
where  the  business  is  conducted  under  the  firm-name  of  Geo.  E.  Tilge  & 
<_'().  Henry  Tilge  &  Co.  is  one  of  the  leading  houses  in  the  trade  .and 
stand  in  business  relations  with  all  of  the  prominent  hat  manufacturers  in 
the  United  States. 


^  NEW  YORK- f  896.  W 


131 


AL.  ABLER.  Granite  and  Marble  Woiks.  Office  No.  14S  East  57tli 
Street. — Anionsi  tlie  leading  ex])oneiits  of  tlie  f;rauite  and  marble 
^  industry  in  the  vast  territory  of  which  New  Yoi  k  is  the  centre  is 
Mr.  A.  L.  Adler,  whose  office  and  show  rooms  are  as  above,  with 
yard  at  Nos.  213.  215.  217.  210.  221  and  22:!  East  49th  Street.  His  establish- 
ment is  among  the  oldest  as  it  is  the  foremost  in  its  line  in  the  metropolis, 
its  incep  t  i  o  n 
dating  fro  m 
1S.)0,  when  it 
was  founded  by 
the  late  Samuel 
Adlei',  father  of 
the  present  pro- 
prietor. This 
gentleman  died 
in  1893,  after  a 
long,  honorable 
and  useful 
career,  during 
which  he  had 
gained  the 
esteem  and  in- 
spect of  the 
community  I  y 
his  enterprising 
qualities,  a  n  d 
li  i  s  honorable 
and  u  p  r  i  g  h  t 
methods.  He 
was  succeeded 
by  his  son,  Mr. 
A.  L.  Adlei. 
who  had  been 
trained  to  the 
business  under 
his  ])  e  r  s  o  nal 
supe  r  V  i  s  i  o  n. 
ami  who  is  a 
thoroughly  ex- 
pert and  practical  granite  and  marble  worker.  His  yard  covers  an 
area  of  100  x  1.50  feet,  while  the  works  occupy  four  floors  of  a  buildiug 
having  a  frontage  of  2.5  feet  and  a  depth  of  100.  These  premises  are 
fitted  up  with  all  necessary  machines  and  tools,  and  from  forty-five  to 
fifty  skilled  hands  are  employed  in  them.  Mr.  Adler  furnishes  estimates 
and  designs  for  all  kinds  of  monumental  work  in  granite  and  marble,  and 


A.  L.  Adlek. 


has  erected  some  of  the  finest  cem.etery  work  in  this  country,  and  also  in 
Central  and  .South  America  and  all  parts  of  the  Western  Hemisphere. 
Among  others  may  be  mentioned  the  monuments  of  Professor  A.  L. 
Loomis,  Charles  White,  E.  Dewey,  the  Wormsers,  Wm.  Ehrich,  the  late 
Mr.  Greenwald,  Mr.  Fogg,  li.  J.  Ludwig,  J.  13.  Lehman,  M.  Kinaldo,  S. 
Kriser,  General  Vilmai',  H.  Bohlen,  the  Salem  Field  receiving-vault  for 
Teni])le  Emmanuel,  the  Marks,  Hayes  and  Candor  vaults,  etc.,  all  of  which 
embody  artistic  taste  and  conception  of  the  highest  degree.  Mr.  Adler 
also  manufactures  mantels,  tiling,  tables,  furniture  and  plumbers'  slabs, 
and  among  the  buildings  to  which  he  has  furnished  work  are  the  Hoffman 
House  cafe,  the  Wells  building.  Museum  of  Xatural  History,  Washington 
building.  Western  Union  Telegraph  building,  "  Herald  "  building,  the  Met- 
ropolitan Opera  House,  Consolidated  Exchange  building.  Athletic  Club 
House,  Railioad  Men's  building,  Montefiore  House,  the  Hebrew  Orphans' 
Asylum  and  many  others.  Mr.  Adler  is  an  honorable  and  energetic  busi- 
ness man,  and  an  active  member  of  leading  building  and  manufacturing 
associations.  He  has  recently  opened  a  branch  yard  at  Cypress  Hills, 
Jamaica  Avenue  and  Market  Street,  opposite  Salem  Fields  cemetery. 


JOHX  .J.  ROBERTS,  Contractor  in  Plastering,  Kennedy  Building,  No. 
2S9  Fourth  Avenue. — There  never  was  a  time  in  the  history  of  New- 
York  when  greater  attention  was  paid  to  methods  and  materials  in 
the  construction  of  buildings  than  now.  ,\s  a  consequence,  there  is 
a  growing  demand  for  better  plastering,  and  one  of  the  leading  contractors 
who  is  most  effectively  meeting  this  demand  is  Mr.  .John  J.  Roberts.  This 
gentleman  has  been  established  in  business  heie  as  a  contractor  for  plaster- 
ing for  upwards  of  twenty  years,  and  has  built  up  a  large  and  influential 
patronage  in  both  New  York  and  Brooklyn.  His  record  speaks  for  itself. 
Among  the  many  important  contracts  executed  by  him  in  this  city  may  be 
named  the  Amei  ican  Surety  building.  Manhattan  Life  building.  New  York 
Clearing  House,  New  Netherlands  Hotel,  "  Mail  and  Express"  building, 
"Times''  building,  Aultnian  &  Co. 's  new  building.  Delmonico  building, 
Union  Trust  Company  building.  Colonial  Club  House,  Gerry  Society 
building.  United  Charities  building,  Kennedy  building.  Townsend  build- 
ing. Commercial  Cable  building.  Bank  of  Commerce  building,  Borgfeldt 
building.  Telephone  building,  Dey  Street;  New  York  Life  building.  All 
Angels  church,  and  the  residence  of  Commodore  Gerry;  also  the  Montauk 
Club  House,  and  several  churches  in  Brooklyn.  He  devotes  his  close  per- 
sonal attention  to  the  execution  of  all  contracts,  and  sees  to  it  that  ma- 
terials, woi  kmanship  and  finish  are  perfect.  Mr.  Roberts  is  well  known 
as  president  of  the  Doehring  Fire  Proof  Construction  Company, 
treasurer  of  the  LTnited  States  Mortar  Supply  Company,  a  member  of  the 
Building  Trades  Club  and  the  Mechanics'  and  Traders'  Exchange,  and  a 
sound,  reliable  and  successful  business  man. 


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BRADLEY  A-  POA'PES,  Engravers,  Nots.  10  and  12  Vaiidewater  .Street. 
— In  the  i)ai  ticular  branch  of  engraving  of  which  tliey  make  a 
specialty,  this  lirm  sustains  a  reputation  second  to  none  in  the 
business  in  New  York.  They  do  very  excellent  work,  and  receive 
a  substantial  measure  of  recognition.  They  are  a  leading  and  widely 
known  firm  and  their  jjatronage,  which  is  very  large,  extends  throughout 
the  United  States.  They  have  first-class  facilities,  too,  and  can  execute 
orders  in  the  most  expeditious  manner.  The  individual  members  of  the 
firm  are  J.  F.  Bradley  and  L.  L.  Poates.  IJoth  partners  are  gentlemen  in 
the  jirime  of  life,  and  natives  of  this  state.  They  are  men  of  practical 
skill  and  thorough  exi)erience,  and  exercise  immediate  supervision  over 
every  detail  of  their  business.  They  have  been  established  about  seven 
years,  and  were  formerly  at  Xo.  114  Nassau  Street,  removing  to  the  present 
commodious  (juarters  in  181).j.  Messrs.  Bradley  &  Poates  occupy  a  sp:i- 
cious  rioor  here,  with  all  conveniences.  Their  establishment  is  well 
equipped  in  all  respects,  and  twenty  skilled  workmen  are  employed  by 
them.  They  make  a  specialty  of  "new  process  relief  line  engraving,'"  and 
give  particular  attention  to  copy-books,  maps,  diagrams  and  copper-plates. 
They  are  prepared  to  turn  out  all  classes' of  work  of  the  character  indi- 
cated at  lowest  rates,  on  short  notice,  and  can  guarantee  satisfaction. 
Prices  are  quoted  on  application,  and  all  orders  receive  prompt  and  per- 
sonal attention. 

THE  MEDICATED  TABLET  COMPANY,  No.  40  West  l:Jth  Street.— 
This  company  are  widely  and  desei  vedly  famous  as  manufacturers 
of  drug  specialties,  such  as  phosphates,  face  and  tooth  powdeis, 
perfumes,  and  all  kinds  of  i)harniaceutical  ])rei)arations,  tablets, 
etc.,  and  have  a  large  and  influential  trade  with  dealers  and  jobbers 
throughout  the  United  States.  They  make  a  leading  s))ecialty  of  Liebig's 
Beef,  Wine  and  Iron;  also  Liebig's  Wine  of  Cocoa,  and  their  products  like- 
wise include  .Jarmuth's  Famous  Root  Beer,  Florida  Wild  Raspberry  Phos- 
phate, California  Orange  Plios]ihate,  Fig  Laxative  Syruj),  Jarmuth's  Witch 
Hazel,  Jarmuth's  Little  Liver  Pills,  Jarniutb'.s  Philodeula,  Warner's  Com- 
pound Celery  Tonic,  Payne's  Sarsaparilla.  Emulsion  Cod  Liver  Oil,  Busch's 
Horehound,  Honey  and  Tar;  Flaxseed  Cough  Cure,  Ca.stor  Oil  Chocolates, 
Electric  Headache  Wafers,  Charcoal  Tablets.  Jarmuth's  Stiengthening 
Plasters,  etc.  Their  California  Wild  Cherry  is  a  perfect  antiseptic  for 
germs  in  water,  and  will  take  on  certain  foreign  materials  which  are  dan- 
gerous to  health.  Liebig's  Beef,  Wine  and  Iron  is  the  oldest  and  best  in 
the  world.  It  is  recommended  by  all  the  leading  jdiysicians.  and  in  use  in 
the  leading  hospitals  the  world  over.  All  their  iirei)aiations  are  guar- 
anteed of  uniform  and  standard  strength.  The  management  re(!ognizes  in 
the  retail  druggist  himself  their  most  serious  C(mii)etitor,  and  invite  from 
them  a  scrutiny  of  prices,  formulas  and  output,  convinced  that  the  verdict 


will  be  that  this  company  can  serve  them  with  mutual  profit  and  satisfac- 
tion. They  have  a  very  large  trade  with  department  stores,  such  as  those 
of  Hearn  it  Co.,  Ridley,  Bloomingdale  Bros.,  and  others  in  this  city;  Wechs- 
ler  Bros.,  and  T.  K.  Horton  &  Co.,  in  Brooklyn;  the  Fair,  and  Carson,  Pirie, 
Scott  &  Co.,  Morgenthau,  Bauland  &  Co.,  Siegel,  Cooper  &  Co.,  the  Boston 
Store,  and  Frank  Bros.,  Chicago.  Mr.  Henry  Jarmuth,  the  president  and 
general  manager,  is  a  practical  pharmacist,  formerly  in  the  drug  business 
in  Canton,  Ohio.,  from  1880  to  1886,  and  in  Chicago,  111.,  the  discoverer 
of  the  remedies  and  preparations  above  named,  and  a  sound,  successful 
business  man. 

NORTON  &  CO.,  Thomas  E.  Stanley,  Agent,  Merchant  Millers  and 
Exi)orters  of  Grain,  Produce  Exchange.— This  time-honored  con- 
cern dates  its  commercial  existence  back  well  nigh  half  a  century, 
it  having  been  founded  in  1848,  the  mills  situated  at  Lockport, 
Illinois,  located  on  the  lines  of  the  Chicago  it  Alton  railroad,  having  been 
rebuilt  in  18;i2,  and  now  having  an  output  capacity  of  two  thousand 
barrels  of  flour  per  dieui.  The  firm  handle  the  celebrated  White  Seal 
brand  of  fancy  patent  flours,  manufactured  exclusively  from  the  highest 
giades  of  Duluth  hard  wheat,  the  trade  from  this  point  radiating  through- 
out the  Eastern  and  Middle  States  and  the  filling  of  orders  for  export 
points  in  Europe.  The  main  offices  of  the  concern  are  located  at  Nos.  SIX 
and  812  Royal  Insurance  Building,  Chicago,  the  firm  being  the  oldest  of 
its  class  holding  membership  in  the  Board  of  Trade  of  that  city.  Mr. 
Stanley  is  a  young,  enterprising  business  man,  and  a  keen  competitor  for 
legitimate  trade  in  his  line,  and  has  now  had  over  fifteen  years'  experience 
in  his  line.  He  was  formerly  connected  with  the  grain  shipping  house  of 
Messrs.  Grinnell,  Minturn  &  Co.,  of  this  city.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Tourist  Cycle  Club  of  Paterson,  N.  J.,  and  is  prominently  known  in  social 
and  business  cii  clcs. 

HERMANN  DE  VALLIKRE.  Grecian  Magnesite,  No.  10  William 
Street. — This  gentleman  does  a  general  import  and  export  busi- 
ness, and  is  agent  for  Grecian  magnesite.  This  article  is  used  in 
making  soda  water,  taking  out  the  carbonic  acid  gas.  The  by- 
product, which  is  almost  pure  magnesia,  being  ninety-six  per  cent,  thereof, 
is  used  for  the  basic  system  in  furnaces,  and  for  the  manufacture  of  artifi- 
cial stone,  flagging,  fire  brick  and  crucibles.  Mr.  De  Valliere,  by  possess- 
ing a  thorough  and  general  ac(iuaintance  with  tliis  class  of  merchandise, 
has  been  able  to  build  u]i  a  gratifying  connection  in  this  and  foreign  coun- 
tries. Ho  established  his  i)iesent  business  here  in  1890,  having  had  a  pre- 
vious training  in  the  houses  of  M\ui7,inger  &  Pitzipio  and  Pitzijiio  &  Co., 
and  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Do  Valliei  o  it  Vegroponte.  and  thus  brings 
to  bear  the  widest  range  of  knowledge  and  experience,  with  sjierial  quali- 
fications for  success. 


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brokers, 
not  only  secure 
a  per  in  anent 
income,  but 
prospective  in- 
crease of  value. 
A  m  o  n  j;  t  b  e 
prominent  and 
old  estal)lislied 
real  estate  and 
insurance  brok- 
ers, wlio  liave 
contributed  so 
largely  to  tlie 
develop  ment 
and  prosperity 
of  tbe  real  es- 
tate market  is 
Mr.  William  C. 
F  1  a  n  a  g  a  n  , 
wbose  liand- 
somely  appoint- 
ed quarters  are 
as  above,  wliere 
he  has  been  lo- 
cated the  last 
thirteen  years, 
the  entire  build- 
i  n  g  bavin  g 
been  leased  and 
i  m  p  r  oved  by 
him.  Mr.  Flan- 
agan, who  was 
born  at  White 
Plains,  W  e  s  t- 
chester  County, 
Xew  York, 
first  established 
business  some 
th  i  r  ty  years 
ago.  at  Xo.  ](i7 


ILLI.VM  C.  FLAXAGAX,  Real  Estate  Broker,  Xo.  .53  Bond 
Street. — Investments  in  Xew  York  realty  are  now.  more  than 
ever,  sought  for.  and  those  who  effect  their  purchases  through 
tlie  conservative  and  experienced  agency  of  one  of  our  loading 
will 


Chrystie  Street,  whence  he  moved  to  the  corner  of  Broome  and  Bowery, 
and  thence  to  his  piesent  address.  He  has  acquired  an  influential  i)atron- 
age.  numbering  among  his  customers  the  Lorillards  and  otlioi-  jirominent 
families.  He  is  the  executor  of  several  large  estates.  Insurance  is  placed 
by  him  in  all  companies,  and  a  general  business  transacted  in  the  buying, 
selling,  renting  and  exchanging  of  property  in  all  i)arts  of  the  city.  Loans 
are  negotiated  at  favorable  l  ates.  while  a  leading  specialty  is  made  of  rent- 
ing and  collecting  rents,  Mr.  Flanagan  being  one  of  the  leaders  in  this 
branch  of  the  business  in  Xew  York.  Mr.  Flanagan  is  one  of  the  appraisers 
for  the  Bowery  Savings  Bank,  in  which  line  he  is  an  expert,  and  his  ser- 
vices are  constantly  in  demand  liy  large  estates  and  oi)crators. 


D?BKIGX.\TI  &  CO..  Successors  to  Bela  Cosulieli.  Import.  Export. 
Ocean  Freights,  Xo.  C.'Zl  Produce  Exchange. — The  business  car- 
lied  on  by  this  firm  was  established  in  1870,  and  was  formerly 
conducted  by  Bela  Cosnlich,  whom  they  succeeded  in  IS'JO. 
D.  Brignati  &  Co.  are  commission  merchants  and  agents  for  ocean  freights. 
They  handle  imports  and  exports,  and  have  cargoes  consigned  to  them 
direct.  They  have  correspondents  in  Italy.  Portugal,  Valencia,  Maracaibo. 
San  Domingo  and  Venezuela,  and  have  a  large  trade  with  Mediterranean 
ports.  They  buy  on  the  market  here  and  ship  on  order.  They  receive  as 
imports,  green  and  dried  fruits,  rice,  coffee  and  various  other  products, 
and  they  export  flour,  butter,  lard,  provisions,  etc.,  etc..  in  great  quanti- 
ties. Mr.  Brignati,  the  head  of  the  firm,  was  born  in  Italy  and  has  been  in 
this  country  a  number  of  years.  He  is  a  man  of  business  ability  and  thor- 
ough experience  in  the  traite,  and  ))rior  to  suci  eeding  Bela  Cosulich  had 
been  manager  for  that  gentleman  ten  years. 

STkATH  ct  SCIIWIXD,  Reliable  Tailors,  Xos.  47  and  49  Liberty  near 
Xassau  Streets. — Messrs.  Robert  Strath  and  George  E.  Sclnvind, 
who  compose  this  firm,  are  men  of  large  practical  experience  in  the 
trade,  and  unite  this  with  honorable  methods  to  conduct  their 
transactions  with  the  utmost  satisfaction  to  patrons.  Mr.  Strath  was  for 
several  years  with  Alex.  M.  Harris,  Xo.  140  Fulton  Street,  whom  he  served 
as  manager,  while  Mr.  Schwind  was  cutter  for  Tlios.  Worth,  Xo.  82  Xassau 
Street.  In  1887  they  united  their  interests,  forming  the  present  firm,  and 
since  March,  ISOo,  they  have  occupied  the  present  quarters,  opposite  the 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company's  building.  Here  they  have  spacious 
parlors  and  carry  a  full  stock  of  imported  and  domestic  seasonable  fabrics, 
which  are  made  up  in  the  latest  style  and  in  the  best  class  of  workman- 
ship, while  the  prices  prevailing  are  the  lowest  consistent  with  value.  The 
trade  is  drawn  from  among  the  best  class  of  down  town  merchants  lawyers, 
brokers  and  business  7nen  generally,  and  is  large  and  constantly  increasing 
under  their  able  and  expert  guidance. 


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As.  IIAIGIIT  &  CO.,  Mamifactuicrs'  Agents,  No.  22  Thomas 
Street. — A  prominent  house  engaged  in  tlie  wholesale  trade  in  knit 
^  goods  ill  this  citj',  is  that  of  Messrs.  A.  S.  Ilaight  &  Co.  Their 
business  was  established  fifteen  years  ago  by  Mr.  A.  S.  Haight. 
This  geiitlcinaii,  who  is  most  favoral)ly  known  in  mercantile  and  social  cir- 
cles, was  born  in  Xew  liCbanon,  Columbia  County,  New  York,  and  has  long 
been  a  resident  of  Brooklyn,  and  identilied  with  the  commercial  develoii- 
meni,  of  the  metropolis.  He  came  to  New  Yoik  in  l.S(iO,  and  engaged  with 
the  old  hou.se  of  Lathrop,  Ludington  &  Co.,  in  Park  Place,  remaining  with 
them  until  he  beg.iii  business  for  himself  in  186.").  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Merchants'  Club  of  New  York,  also  the  Hamilton  and  Union  League 
Clubs  of  Brooklyn,  and  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars.  Three  years  ago 
Mr.  Haight  admitted  to  partnership  his  son,  Mr.  V.  E.  Haight,  who  is  a 
resident  of  Brooklyn,  and  a  member  of  the  St.  Anthony,  Arkwright  and 
rnion  League  Clubs.  The  firm  are  manufacturers  and  agents,  and  repre- 
senteightlarge  mills,  whose  entire  products  they  control.  They  handle  knit 
underwear  only,  and  supply  the  same  to  the  jobbing  trade  throughout 
the  United  States.  Their  methods  of  business  are  quite  different  from 
that  of  any  other  house  or  agency  in  this  country.  They  are  nothing  more 
nor  less  than  the  mercantile  end  of  the  manufacturing  business,  being 
themselves  personally  interested  in  a  number  of  the  mills.  Their  position 
enables  them  at  once  to  protect  the  merchant,  while  they  care  for  the 
manufacturer,  and  it  has  been  found  to  work  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of 
all  parties  in  interest.  Leading  jobbing  luuises  say  they  are  better  satis- 
fied to  have  such  an  intermediary  agent  who  gives  personal  attention  to 
the  production  of  goods,  than  to  buy  of  a  mill  where  no  such  agent  is 
employed.  We  are  told  they  found  it  difificult  to  market  their  products 
during  the  early  part  of  the  current  year  because  they  were  unwilling  to 
show  sample  rei)resentations  better  than  they  expected  to  deliver,  but 
that  the  re-action  following  the  delivery  of  their  production  lias  furnished 
them  a  largely  increased  business. 

CM.  MOSEMAN  &  BRO.,  Makers,  Importers  and  Exporters  of 
Harness.  Horse  Clothing,  Etc.,  Nos.  12fi  and  12S  Chambers  Street. 
^  — This  enterprise  had  its  beginning  in  ISOO,  when  it  was  founded 
by  the  jnesent  proprietors,  Messrs.  Chas.  M.  and  Edgar  W. 
Moseman.  They  occupy  the  entire  building  at  the  address  given,  which 
has  a  frontage  of  .")()  feet  and  a  depth  of  150  feet.  From  cellar  to  roof  it  is 
equipped  and  furnished  with  all  the  best  mechanical  appliances  and  con- 
veniences. Here  are  the  main  offices  and  show  rooms,  and  the  manufac- 
turing departments  for  harness,  saddles  of  all  kinds,  etc.  In  the  various 
departments  the  firm  employ  a  large  number  of  hands,  skilled  and  trained 
in  the  business.    In  the  show  rooms  is  to  be  seen  the  finest  collection  of 


goods  to  be  found  anywhere:  single  and  double  harness,  ladies'  and  gen- 
tlemen's riding  saddles  and  bridles,  halters,  whips,  blankets,  robes,  and  a 
full  line  of  horse  furnishing  of  every  description.  A  special  feature  is 
made  of  English  racing  and  riding  saddles,  complete  for  the  hunt,  the  park 
and  the  chase;  English  snafHes,  Pelliam  and  Weymouth  riding  bridles, 
bits,  breast  plates,  etc.  In  quality,  elegance  and  vi'orkmanship  the  goods 
of  this  house  have  become  recognized  as  A  1,  while  the  prices  have  at  all 
times  been  low.  The  firm  ship  goods  to  all  parts  of  the  country,  and  con- 
trol a  large  import  and  export  trade.  They  have  a  branch  establishment 
in  Paris  at  No.  27  Kue  de  Colysee,  another  in  London  at  No.  10  Orchard 
Street,  and  one  in  Moscow,  Russia;  while  their  factories  are  at  Newark, 
N.  J.,  and  Wolvsall,  England,  and  they  are  also  representatives  of  several 
foreign  manufacturers  of  patent  articles  and  veteiiiiery  goods.  Through 
these  establishments  they  are  kept  supplied  with  the  newest  productions 
of  Europe  in  horse  furnishings,  and  their  show  rooms  in  the  New  Y'ork 
house  are  well  worth  a  visit.  Both  partners  are  New  Y'orkeis  by  birth. 
Mr.  C.  M.  Moseman  resides  at  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y'.,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
G.  A.  R.,  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  of  that  city  and  Mr. 
E.  W.  Moseman  resides  at  Risco,  N.  Y.  They  are  known  thr<uigliout  the 
community  as  energetic,  honorable  business  men,  and  their  standing  and 
position  in  both  commercial  and  social  circles  are  of  the  highest. 

GA.  RADTKE,  (Radtke,  Lauckner&  Co.,)  Publishers  and  Importers 
of  Etchings,  Engravings,  Photos,  Etc.,  No.  6  East  18th  Street. — 
^  Prominent  among  the  leading  and  representative  houses  en- 
gaged in  the  art  publishing  trade  is  that  of  Mr.  G.  A.  Radtke — 
Radtke,  Lauckner  &  Co.  This  establishment  was  founded  seven  years  ago 
by  Jlessrs.  G.  A.  Radtke  and  Mr.  Lauckner,  under  the  existing  firm-title, 
and  the  copartnership  continued  up  to  the  summer  of  18i)4.  when  it  was 
severed  by  the  lamented  death  of  Mr.  Lauckner,  and  Mr.  Radtke  has  since 
continued  alone  under  the  firm-name  of  G.  A.  Radtke.  The  premises  oc- 
cupied consist  of  a  three-story  and  basement  building,  30  x  100  feet  in  di- 
mensions, and  very  attractively  appointed  throughout.  From  twenty  to 
thirty  hands  are  employed  in  the  establishment,  and  several  traveling 
salesmen  are  kept  on  the  road,  the  trade  of  the  house  extending  to  all 
points  in  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  to  points  in  Europe,  at  both 
wholesale  and  retail.  The  firm  conduct  a  general  business  as  jniblishers 
and  importers  of  etchings,  engravings,  photos,  water  colors,  oil  paintings, 
photogravures,  etc.,  and  as  manufacturers  of  artistic  picture  and  mirror 
frames.  A  splendid  display  is  made  of  the  finest  productions  in  this  line, 
and  connoisseurs  will  find  much  to  please  the  eye  at  this  popular  establish- 
ment. Mr.  Radtke  was  born  in  Germany,  but  for  many  years  has  been  a 
resident  of  New  York  City. 


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JOHN  BROWER,  Architect,  Room  No.  531  American  Tract  Society 
Building.  Nassau  and  Spruue  Streets.— In  New  York  and  lier  suburbs 
there  is  constant  activity  in  building  operations,  and  not  only  are 
many  buildings,  public  and  private,  year  after  year  erected,  but 
there  is  a  marked  improvement  in  their  architectural  quality.  The  city 
therefore  is  a  favorable  field  for  competent  architects,  whose  ranks  are 
from  time  to  time  recruited  by  bright  and  capable  young  men  wlio  have 
gained  experience  in  both  home  and  foreign  schools  and  offices.    In  this 


Greek  temple  and  (iothic  Cathedral,  to  the  blending  of  the  aesthetic  fea- 
tures of  both  with  the  utilitarianism  which  prevails  at  tiie  present  day. 
He  has  been  more  especially  active  in  designing,  i)lanning  and  superin- 
tending the  construction  of  dwelling  houses  in  the  suburbs  of  New  York, 
where  he  has  built  several  residences.  Ilis  principal  work  has  been  done 
on  Long  Island,  liowever,  notably  at  Amityville,  Maspeth  and  Flusliing. 
He  is  one  of  the  architects  for  a  large  iniiirovement  company,  and  has  de- 
signed five  buildings  to  be  built  at  I'lainiield,  N".  .).,  ami  his  work  evinces 


way,  Mr.  .John  Brower,  some  six  years  ago,  commenced  the  practice  of  his 
l)rofession  on  his  own  account  under  the  most  favorable  conditions.  He 
possesses  a  thoroughly  practical  and  theoretical  knowledge  of  architecture 
iti  all  its  branches,  which  he  has  most  successfully  applied  in  building  up 
an  active  practice  and  an  influential  connection.  His  experience  covers 
eleven  years,  p;irtly  as  a  subordinate  in  a  leading  city  architect's  office,  and 
partly  as  an  independent  student  in  the  various  European  capitals,  acquir- 
ing a  knowledge  of  the  various  styles  of  early  constructive  effort  from  the 


marked  ability  and  artistic  taste,  with  a  practical  adajitation  of  each  build- 
ing to  its  designated  uses.  Mr.  Brower  is  a  i)roniin('nt  nnd  popular  mem- 
ber of  his  profession  and  is  rapidly  advancing  to  a  foremost  rank  among  the 
young  and  progressive  architects  of  this  great  metropolis.  He  is  a  native 
of  New  Jer.scy,  but  a  resident  of  New  York  City  nearly  all  his  life.  In  all 
his  work  he  aims  to  make  the  buildings,  of  which  he  is  the  architect,  a 
paying  investment  as  well  as  an  artistic  success. 


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Dr  iTON'rNEUMATlC  !.()(  K  AND  ENGlN'EEIiING  COMPAXY, 
Cliaiincey  N.  Duttoii,  C.  E.,  President  iiiul  t'liief  Eni;iiic'er, 
Rooms  Nos.  14o  ami  144  Manhattan  Life  ]Juildin<i,  No. 
Broadway. — To  build  a  sliip  canal  between  llic  Great  Lakes  and 
Xew  York  City  by  which  ocean  steamships  can  go  into  the  heart  of  the 
Continent  ami  brinj;  out  the  grain  and  meat,  the  fuels,  ores  .ind  oils,  the 
metals  and  manufactures  of  the  vast  interior  emjjire,  is  the  proposition 
now  challenging  the  attention  of  statesmen  and  )nen  of  affairs.  For  three 
centuries  the  dream  of  exph)rers,  navigators  and  far-seeing  statesmen,  it  is 
now  to  be  done.  American  engineering  and  invention  have  found  and  per- 
fected the  way  to  lift  steamshii)s  over  the  intervening  mountains  without 
the  loss  of  time  and  heavy  interest  charges  which  until  now  made  the  pro- 
ject non  commercial.  Tlie  invention  which  makes  the  great  work  practical 
and  |)rofitalile  is  the  Uutton  pneumatic  lock,  which  has  been  adojjted  for 
the  improvement  of  the  Erie  Canal,  and  which,  in  the  words  of  an  eminent 
engineer  "  accomplishes  for  internal  water  transportation  what  the  locomo- 
tive did  for  land  transportation.  It  ()])ens  an  era  of  improvement  and 
construction  in  water  commerce  and  inland  navigation.  Steam  power 
overcame  distance  horizontally;  the  pneumatic  lock  overcomes  distance 
vertically."  The  first  gieat  pneumatic  lock  is  to  be  built  by  New  Y'oik 
State  at  Lockport  on  the  Erie  Canal;  a  single  lift  to  replace  five  paiis  of 
lift  locks,  and  two  pairs  of  guard  locks.  It  will  lift  a  vessel  of  twelve  feet 
draft,  twenty-four  feet  beam  and  two  hundred  and  forty  feet  long  through 
sixty-two  and  one-half  feet  in  sixty  .seconds.  Another  lock  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  feet  lift  is  to  be  built  at  Cohoes.  These  locks,  many  times 
greater  than  any  heretofore  possible,  will  be  eclipsed  by  the  great  locks 
to  be  built  at  Niagara  to  lift  ocean  steamships  the  three  hundred  and 
twenty-six  and  a  quarter  feet  from  Lake  Ontario  to  Lake  Erie,  which  will 
be  the  most  ponderous  and  powerful  machines  ever  considered  by  the 
human  mind,  and  will  lift  tlie  largest  steamships  through  the  great  alti- 
tude as  rapidly  as  you  are  lifted  in  a  passenger  elevator,  and  far  more 
safely;  for  in  the.se  machines,  gravity  is  turned  upside  down,  and  if  any- 
thing breaks  the  lock  falls  uj)  until  it  reaches  a  position  of  equilibrium  of 
forces.  In  them  a  total  weight  of  :i40,000,0f)n  pounds  can  be  controlled  by  a 
baby's  finger.  Every  dollar  invested  in  them  will  have  more  than  one 
thousand  times  the  earning  power  of  a  dollar  invested  in  the  existing 
stone  locks,  twenty-six  in  number.  At  Lockport  each  dollar  will  be  as  effi- 
cient as  one  hundred  and  twenty-eight  dollars  now  invested  in  stone  locks. 
This  great  improvement  was  iiatented  in  1801  in  all  countries  by  Chauncey 
N.  Dutton,  C.  E.,  and  the  patents  were  acquired  in  1806  by  the  Dutton 
Pneumatic  Lock  and  Engineering  Company,  a  New  Y'ork  State  corporation, 
of  which  he  is  president  and  chief  engineer.  Besides  planning  and  build- 
ing pneumatic,  high-lift,  quick-acting  locks,  the  comjiany's  business  in- 
cludes qnick-acting  dry  docks,  dock  and  lock  gates,  movable  dams,  and 


regulating  works  for  rivers,  i)neuinatic  weirs  and  discharge-regulating 
works,  and  conipres.scd  air  plants.  It  is  afhliated  with  the  "  Maritime  Canal 
of  North  America,"  which  company  is  to  build  the  greatest  of  commercial 
thoroughfares— the  ship  canal  from  the  lakes  to  the  sea.  The  bill  to  grant 
this  corporation  a  United  States  charter  was  favorably  leported  at  the 
last  session  of  Congress,  and  will  soon  be  a  law.  \Vith  charter  powers 
ample  to  raise  the  money  and  build  the  works,  the  return  of  good  times 
will  enable  the  company  to  complete  the  canal  by  the  year  1001.  The  capi- 
talization of  the  Maritime  Canal  of  North  America  is:  Common  stock,  .$10,- 
(IUU,(X)0;  prefen-ed  stock,  *.")0,0(IO,OOU;  bonds,  A:i!00,00O,()O();  total,  $200,000,000. 
The  common  stock  is  all  subscribed.  The  Dutton  Pneumatic  and  Lock 
Engineering  Company  is  capitalized  at  $200,000,  fully  paid  up.  This  com- 
pany controls  by  patents  the  only  piactical  way  to  make  a  sliip  canal 
between  the  Great  Lakes  and  New  Y'ork  City,  which  will  bi  ing  Lake  Onta- 
rio and  the  northern  counties  of  New  Y'oik  State  and  the  New  England 
States  into,  and  make  them  participants  in,  the  vast  and  profitable  com- 
merce of  the  Great  Lakes,  relieve  our  export  trade  of  many  of  its  burdens, 
and  double  its  volume,  secure  to  New  York  City  the  commercial  supremacy 
of  the  world,  and  vastly  increase  the  potential  wealth  of  the  whole  i)eople, 
and  secure  its  more  equal  distribution. 

WII.  STORY  it  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  Xew  Yink  Produce 
Exchange  Building. — The  extensive  grain  commission  trade 
^  of  X^ew  Y'ork  is  conspicuously  represented  by  the  house  of 
W.  II.  Story  &  Co.  This  concern  controls  a  very  large  trade, 
having  permanent  relations  with  every  part  of  the  United  States,  and 
sustains  a  desirable  reputation  for  liberal  methods  and  promptness  in 
meeting  orders.  The  enteriirise  was  established  in  1868  by  the  firm  of 
Story  <fe  Rich,  and  finally,  in  1884,  became  ^V.  H.  Story  &  Co.  Ten  years 
ago  Mr.  W.  H.  Story  died,  and  the  firm,  which  retains  his  name,  was 
then  composed  of  Messrs.  C.  B.  Hancock.  J.  H.  Halsted  and  T.  H.  Story. 
They  are  receivers  and  commission  dealers  in  all  kinds  of  grain,  the  house 
being  one  of  tlie  very  largest  in  New  Y'ork  in  their  line.  The  members  of 
the  firm  are  all  juominently  identified  with  the  grain  business.  Mr.  Han- 
cock, who  was  ten  years  it)  the  firm  and  twenty-five  years  a  member  of  the 
Produce  Exchange,  died  in  January,  1894,  the  surviving  members  still  con- 
tinuing the  business.  Mr.  Halsted  has  been  for  twelve  years  a  member  of 
both  the  firm  and  the  Exchange,  and  Mr.  Story,  whose  father  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  firm,  has  been  nine  years  with  the  latter,  and  twelve 
years  in  the  Exchange.  Tlie  offices  of  the  company  comprise  two  hand- 
somely appointed  and  spacious  rooms.  Ten  clerks  are  employed  there, 
and  the  transactions  of  the  house  are  of  very  extensive  projiortions.  Its  re- 
sources are  of  the  most  complete  character,  and  all  the  demands  of  the 
trade  are  met  upon  the  most  acceptable  basis. 


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RBKAUSS  <fe  CO.,  Cliiiiese,  Japanese  and  Straits  (ioods,  Nos.  136  to 
140  Front  Street. — Although  a  comparatively  young  firm  as  at 
^  piesent  constituted,  Messrs.  U.  Brauss  &  (-o.  are  well  and  favor- 
ably known  in  the  line  of  commercial  activity  in  wliicli  tliey  are 
engaged.  'Diey  have  been  established  since  November,  1895,  when  they 
assumed  control  of  the  trade  with  China  and  Japan  formerly  conducted 
by  Messrs.  Mecke  &  Co.,  and  they  have  since  carried  on  the  business  with 
eminent  success.  The  co-pai  tncrship  consists  of  K.  Brauss  and  L.  Pawel. 
Both  gentlemen  are  natives  of  Germany,  and  have  been  in  this  country  a 
number  of  years.  They  are  men  of  energy  and  enterprise,  and  are  well 
endowed  with  the  qualities  that  bespeak  success  in  the  commercial  world. 
Mr.  Brauss  had  charge  of  the  (  liinese  and  Jajianese  department  of  the 
house  of  Mecke  >fe  Co.  prior  to  guing  into  business  on  his  own  accovint,  and 
Mr.  Pawel  also  is  thoroughly  experienced  in  the  trade.  Messrs.  K.  Brauss 
<fe  Co.  arc  import  and  export  merchants,  and  enjoy  distinct  advantages  in 
respect  of  their  connections.  They  are  sole  agents  of  Harling  Buschmann 
&  Menzell,  Hong  Kong,  Canton,  Hankow  and  .Shangliai ;  Menzell  &  Co., 
Hamburg;  Simon,  Evers  &  Co.,  Yokohama,  Iliogo  and  Hamburg;  H. 
Brauss  ct  Co.,  Singapore;  Uroste  &  Walte,  Tientsin,  China.  They  are  pre- 
pared to  submit  otters  and  receive  orders  for  all  China,  Jai)an  and  Singa- 
pore goods  as  per  annexed  list,  and  are  in  a  position  to  sell  on  C.  1.  F.  and 
C.  F.  basis  as  well  as  in  United  States  currency  delivered  terms,  or  on 
a  commission  basis.  Messrs.  K.  Brauss  &  Co.  are  a  thoiougldy  reliable 
and  trustworthy  firm,  whose  transactions  are  charactei  ized  by  liberal  and 
honorable  methods;  and  relations  once  formed  witli  tbeni  are  reasonably 
certain  of  leading  to  an  enduring  business  connection.  They  are  prepared 
to  execute  orders  and  make  otters  of  the  following  articles:  Aniseed  oil, 
cassia  oil,  camphor  oil,  cajeput  oil,  citronella  oil,  cubeb  oil,  lemongras  oil, 
patchouli  oil,  wood  oil,  fish  oil.  musk,  camphor,  cubebs,  gambier,  gambier- 
cube,  gambodge,  wax  (vegetable,)  tallow,  gallnuts,  isinglass,  eantbarides, 
gum  benzoein,  gum  copal,  gum  damar,  gutta.  percha,  coffee,  rice,  pepper, 
sago,  tapioca,  nutmegs,  cassia-Iignea,  cassia-lignea  (broken,)  cassia  buds, 
ginger  (dry),  ginger  (preserved),  pinea])ides  (jnescrved ),  i)inea])i(lc  jviicc, 
China  matting,  Japan  matting,  fire  crackers,  cannon  crackers,  silks,  silk 
piece  goods,  silk  handkerchiefs,  emliroideries  of  all  kinds,  China  ware, 
Blackwood  ware,  earthenware,  ivory  ware,  rubber,  dragon  blood,  antimony, 
manganese,  shells  of  tortoise,  shells  (M.  ().  P.),  shells  (green  snails),  shells 
(banda),  rattans  of  all  kinds,  rattancore,  bamboo  jxiles.  Viamboo  ware,  canes, 
liides,  ox  and  cow  hides,  buffalo  hides,  elk  and  goat  skins,  goatskin  rugs, 
shcejiskin,  .sheepskin  rugs,  sheepskin  coats,  dogskin  rugs,  lambskins, 
tiger  skins,  leojjard  skins,  squirrel  skins,  sfjuirrel  tails,  badger  tails,  curios 
and  fancy  goods,  palm  leaf  fans,  straw  cuffs,-  straw  braids,  lithographic 
paper,  (Tiina  ink,  matches,  copper,  tin,  sable  skins,  yak  tails,  yak  liair, 
horse  hair,  human  liair,  bristles,  goat's  wool,  camel's  wool,  lamb's  wool, 
sheep's  wool,  feathers  of  all  kinds,  furs  of  all  kinds,  rugs  of  all  kinds,  etc. 


CHAKLES  A.  SCHAEFER,  General  Eastern  Agent  for  the  Case 
Refrigerating  Machine  Company,  of  Buttalo,  Kemble  Building, 
No.  1.")  Whitehall  Street. — To  manufacture  ice  as  wanted  and  in 
the  neighborhood  requiring  its  consumption  does  away  w  ith  many 
features  of  expense,  and  brings  to  our  consideration  a  new  one — the  cost 
of  its  artificial  production.  In  this  connection  it  is  a  pleasure  to  refer  to 
the  products  of  the  Case  Refrigerating  Machine  Company,  of  Buffalo,  New 
York,  builders  of  ice  and  refrigerating  machines  for  ice  making  and  arti- 
ficial refrigeration  in  all  cases  where  a  low  degree  of  tem])erature  and  a 
dry  atmosphere  are  required.  This  company  is  rejHesented  in  New  York 
by  Mr.  C.  A.  Schaefer,  as  general  Eastern  agent.  These  machines  have 
been  on  the  market  for  the  jiast  ten  years,  and  are  recognized  as  jiossess- 
ing  many  advantages  over  all  other  makes.  They  are  vertical  direct-acting, 
having  the  steam  and  gas  pistons  connected  to  the  same  piston-rod,  and  on 
that  account  their  friction  is  so  small  that  they  require  from  twenty  to 
twenty-five  percent,  less  power  than  any  indirect-acting  machine,  and  con- 
sequently ett'ect  a  corresponding  saving  of  fuel.  They  work  smootldy  and 
without  noise,  and  their  design  is  such  that  every  ])art  is  easily  accessible 
and  removable  without  interfering  with  any  other  part.  They  produce  as 
low  a  temperature  as  may  be  desired,  and  maintain  a  perfectly  di  y  atmos- 
phere. During  the  past  thi'ee  years  Mr.  Schaefer  has  filled  contracts  for 
numerous  parties  in  New  York  City,  Philadelphia,  Buffalo,  Binghamton, 
Cleveland,  and  others  in  the  East,  and  his  business  is  steadily  increasing. 
He  will  send  an  engineer  to  examine  premises  and  furnish  all  estimates 
and  particulars  at  short  notice.  Mr.  Schaefer  is  a  native  of  (iermany,  in 
the  prime  of  life,  and  also  acts  as  agent  for  Schaefer  Brothers,  maltsters,  of 
Buffalo,  who  are  his  brothers.  The  father  was  the  pioneer  maltster  ot 
Buffalo,  and  the  sons  are  expert  authorities  in  every  branch  of  the  indus- 
try. 

EC.  CARPENTER.  Panel,  Map,  and  Show  Card  Mounting,  and  Tin 
Edging,  No.  (i:!  Reade  Street. — This  business  was  established  ten 
^  years  ago  by  Mr.  S.  Katt'elt,  and  three  years  since  he  was  succeeded 
by  Mr.  Carpenter,  who  brings  to  bear  thorough  i)ractical  knowl- 
edge and  experience,  and  under  his  managenuMit  the  attairs  of  the  hou.se 
have  flourished  and  been  directed  with  uninterrupted  success.  The  prem- 
ises occupied  comjirise  two  floors,  each  25  x  101)  feet  in  dimensions,  which 
are  ecpiipped  with  the  most  improved  hand-power  ap))liances,  such  as  cut- 
ters, edgers,  ring  machines,  etc.,  and  em])loyment  is  found  for  twenty  ex- 
perienced workmen  whose  operations  are  personally  supervised  by  Mr. 
Carpenter,  and  he  executes  all  kinds  of  panel,  map  and  show  card  mount- 
ing and  calender  stitching,  and  tin  edging,  making  a  leading  specialty  of 
show  card  rings.  He  does  work  for  all  the  prominent  map  and  lithograjih 
manufacturers  in  all  parts  of  the  ITnited  States.  Lovv  prices  are  quoted, 
while  (juick,  first-class  work  is  assured  in  every  instance. 


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WILLIAM  H.  ABBOTT,  Jr.,  Aieliitect,  Nos.  17  and  IK  Broadway. 
— The  American  metropolis  has  proved  a  fruitful  field  for  the 
exercise  of  the  highest  order  of  talent  in  the  line  of  modern 
architecture.  In  reviewing  the  rise  and  progress  of  architect- 
ural education  in  our  midst  the  name  of  Mr.  William  H,  Abbott,  Jr.  will  at 
once  suggest  itself  to  many  of  our  readers  as  one  of  the  foremost  expo- 
nents of  this  art  in  Xew  York.  This  gentleman  has  had  an  experience  of 
ten  years  as  an  architect,  and  established  himself  here  in  1894.  His  high 
standing  in  the  profession  is  proven  by  the  lai  ge  and  influential  patronage 
he  has  already  built  up  in  this  city  and  vicinity.  He  is  especially  promi- 
nent and  successful  as  a  designer  of  suburban  residences,  and  has  planned 
some  of  the  finest  specimens  of  architecture  in  that  line  to  be  seen  any- 
where in  the  country.  He  was  the  architect  for  I.  C.  King's  hotel,  and  the 
residence  of  L.  M.  Taylor,  at  Asbury  Park;  C.  James'  hotel  and  P.  Glass- 
how's  apartment  building  at  South  Brooklyn;  the  residences  of  Mrs.  Abry 
Foster,  J.  Nenstadter,  E.  \V.  Hart  and  Hugo  Fett,  at  Cranford,  N.  J.;  the 
residences  of  P.  Gaskell,  F.  Riley,  John  Musnas  and  H.  Bates  at  Blythe- 
boiirne,  Long  Island ;  the  residences  of  Edwin  Melvin,  at  Mapleton,  Long 
Island;  F.  Iloiderman,  108th  Street,  Xew  York;  Thomas  Bunker,  Morris 
Park,  Long  Island;  the  extension  for  Holy  Trinity  Church,  Cranford,  X.  J., 
and  several  houses  for  John  Pfalzgraft,  Mapleton,  Long  Island,  also  several 
houses  for  John  Bradley,  of  Bay  Ridge,  L.  I.  He  has  been  eminently  suc- 
cessful in  solving  the  complex  problem  of  how  best  to  utilize  the  minimum 
of  building  space  with  the  maximum  of  accommodation,  coupled  with 
architectural  beauty  of  design,  and  with  a  conscientious  regard  for  the 
excellence  and  perfection  of  every  detail ;  and  his  services  are  in  constant 
and  in)portant  request  in  city  and  country.  Mr.  Abbott  is  a  native  of 
London,  England,  a  graduate  of  the  South  Kensington  Art  Institute  in 
London,  and  came  to  Xew  York  in  18'.i0,  where  he  is  winning  a  brilliant 
and  well-merited  success. 

ALFRED  WICK,  Architectural  Wood  Work,  Xo.  149  Eleventh  Avenue, 
Between  21st  and  22nd  Streets. — This  gentleman  has  been  estab- 
lished since  1894,  and  has  been  very  successful  in  building  up  a 
large  trade  throughout  Xew  York  and  vicinity.  He  is  a 
thoroughly  skilled  and  practical  wood  worker,  having  had  long  and  valu- 
able experience  in  this  line,  and  employs  from  fifteen  to  twenty  expe- 
rienced assistants.  The  premises  occupied  for  the  business  embrace  two 
floors  of  commodious  proportions,  eciui])ped  with  steam  power,  moulding 
machines,  and  all  other  requisite  tools  and  machinery  adapted  to  facilitate 
the  work  in  hand.  Mr.  Wick  manufactures  a  general  line  of  architectural 
wood  work,  including  hard  wood  doors,  cabinet  and  plain  trim,  etc.,  and  a 
leading  specialty  is  made  of  stair  wainscoting.  First-class  work  only  is 
turned  out,  and  Mr  Wick  is  prepared  to  meet  all  orders  upon  the  most 
liberal  basis. 


AMEUK  AX  GAS  FURNACE  COMPANY,  E.  P.  Reichhelm  &  Co., 
Sole  Agents,  Xo.  80  Nassau  Street.— This  company  was  duly  in- 
corporated in  January,  1887,  under  the  laws  of  Xew  York,  with 
ample  capital,  and  with  Mr.  E.  P.  Reichhelm  as  president  and 
general  manager.  They  are  manufacturers  of  patent  gas  blast  furnaces  for 
melting,  aiuiealing,  tempering,  forging,  sohlering,  sweating,  enameling, 
assaying,  etc.,  and  which  are  pre-i'minently  adapted  for  the  use  of  jewelers, 
assayers,  silversmiths,  refiners,  watch  case  and  bicycle  makers.  It  is  the 
exponent  of  the  Fuel  Gas  System,  which  is  unequalled  for  the  production 
of  heat,  light  and  power  for  manufacturing  purposes.  It  is  used  and  en- 
dorsed by  such  eminent  New  York  concerns  as  the  U.  S.  Assay  Office, 
Columbia  College,  Gorham  Manufacturing  Company,  R.  Hoe  &  Co., 
American  Bank  Note  Company,  Franklin  Bank  Note  Company,  Hammond 
Typewriter  Company,  Western  Electric  Company,  Golden  Gate  Safety 
Faucet  Company,  General  Incandescent  Arc  Light  Company,  Columbia 
Typewriter  Manufacturing  Company,  Ledoux  Chemical  Laboratory,  Wright 
Universal  Electric  Company,  Metal  Stamping  Company,  Davis  Machine 
Company,  Eagle  Pencil  Company,  Solid  Link  Chain  Company,  New  York 
Stencil  Works,  International  Bank  Note  Comjiany,  S.  Cottle  Company^ 
John  R.  Wood  &  Son,  Baldwin  &  Gleason  Company,  Samuel  Hall's  Son, 
Q,  S.  natt,  anifNoel  &  Son,  among  hundreds  of  others,  while  they  are  in 
active  and  influential  demand  throughout  the  entire  United  States. 
Messrs.  E.  P.  Reichhelm  &  Co.  are  sole  agents  of  the  above  company,  and 
the  senior  partner  was  the  founder  of  the  enterprise.  He  lias  been  estab- 
lished in  business  here  since  1870,  as  an  importer  and  manufacturer  of  fine 
tools,  files,  machinery  and  brushes  for  jewelers,  etc.,  and  in  1884  Mr. 
Charles  A.  Leibman  was  admitted  to  partnership.  Mr.  Reichhelm  is  a 
native  of  Germany,  the  inventor  of  the  furnace,  and  highly  esteemed  for 
his  genius,  skill  and  business  reliability. 

TB.  BYNNER,  Fine  Gold  Jewelry,  Diamonds,  Opals,  Pearls,  and  all 
Precious  Stones,  No.  177  Broadway.— This  gentleman  has  been 
^  established  here  for  a  period  of  forty-three  years,  and  a  visit  to 
his  salesrooms  will  be  a  treat  and  convey  some  idea  of  the  wide 
ramifications  of  his  tr.ade.  The  business  is  wholesale  and  jobbing  ex- 
clusively, and  the  novelties  and  specialties  dealt  in  are  secured  by  virtue  of 
the  versatile  knowledge  possessed  by  Mr.  Bynner  concerning  their  in- 
trinsic and  market  values,  as  well  as  by  his  acquaintance  with  the  best 
sources  of  supply,  and  his  old  associations  with  the  trade  both  at  home 
and  abroad.  He  thus  possesses  peculiar  facilities  for  reaching  the  Ameri- 
can trade  and  for  the  prosecution  of  a  trade  thoroughly  national  in  extent. 
His  patronage  extends  from  New  York  to  Texas,  covering  all  intermediate 
points,  throughout  which  territory  Mr.  Bynner  is  recognized  as  an  expert 
authority  in  the  diamond  and  precious  stones  trade. 


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H COOPER,  General  Machine  Works,  No.  90  John  Street  and  No. 
19  Piatt  Street. — Tlie  gentleman  whose  name  stands  at  the  head 
^  of  this  sketch  is  a  young  man  in  the  prime  of  life,  active  and 
energetic.  He  was  born  in  England  and  has  been  in  the  United 
States  about  fourteen  yeais.  He  started  in  business  in  1892,  on  William 
Street,  and  removed  to  the  present  commodious  quarters  in  189.').  He  has 
fine  facilities  here,  and  can  execute  orders  in  the  most  expeditious  manner. 
He  does  very  excellent  work,  and  has  a  large  patronage  in  and  around  New 
York.  He  conducts  general  machine  woi  ks,  and  enjoys  a  well-deserved 
reputation  for  skill  and  reliability.  His  shop  is  equipped  with  electric 
power,  latest  imi)roved  lathes,  drills,  etc.,  and  twelve  to  fifteen  skilled 
hands  are  employed  by  liim.  Mr.  Cooper  gives  particular  attention  to  de- 
signing and  building  special  and  experimental  machinery,  and  also  to 
pattern  and  model  making.  Printers'  repairs  are  a  specialty,  and.  jobbing 
generally  is  done  on  short  notice.  He  does  carpenter  and  millwright  work, 
likewise,  and  keeps  constantly  on  hand  a  full  stock  of  hangers,  shafting 
and  pulleys.  Mr.  Cooper  is  prepared  to  furnish  jewelers'  and  diamond 
cutters'  and  polishers'  machinery  and  specialties,  at  lowest  rates,  and  can 
guarantee  entire  satisfaction.  He  also  does  blacksmithing  and  tool-making, 
and  all  work  executed  by  him  is  warranted  flrst-class.  Elevator  rope  grips 
and  tobacco  moistening  machines  are  made  and  repaired  by  him,  and  his 
charges  are  always  very  reasonable. 

ATTERBURT  BROS..  Importers  and  Packers  of  Papermakers'  Sup- 
plies, Morse  Building,  No*  140  Nassau  Street. — This  is  one  of  the 
oldest  houses  interested  in  the  importation  and  jiacking  of  this 
line  of  goods,  and  since  the  business  was  esta1)lished  in  1873, 
a  continual  development  of  ti-ade  has  ensued,  covering  the  United  States, 
(Canada,  and  South  America,  and  their  goods  in  the  line  of  pajiermakers' 
supplies  may  invariably  be  regarded  as  among  the  best  manufactured. 
These  supplies  include  everything  from  the  rags,  pulp,  etc.,  of  which 
paper  is  manufactured,  to  the  chemicals,  coloring  stuffs,  etc.,  the  firm  be- 
ing direct  importers  and  packers.  The  members  of  the  bouse  have  spent 
the  better  part  of  their  life  in  the  business  with  which  they  are  now 
allied.  There  are  two  brothers  in  the  firm,  Mr.  R.  B.  Atterbury,  born  in 
Brooklyn  and  Mr.  H.  Atterbury,  a  native  of  Newark,  N.  J.  A  characteristic 
feature  of  the  firm's  business  is  the  speedy  recognition  of  the  trade's  de- 
mands and  the  prompt  fulfillment  of  orders.  The  business  methods  of 
the  house  are  in  strict  conformity  with  every  principle  embraced  in  the 
calendar  of  legitimate  business  and  sterling  integrity.  Patrons  of  this 
house  invariably  know  what  to  rely  upon  when  ordering  goods  for  satisfy- 
ing the  requirements  of  papermaking.  and  the  fact  that  the  Atterbury 
goods  are  of  a  superior  quality  is  ground  for  their  commanding  a  wide 
preference. 


HEXllY  CAKEY,  General  Appraiser,  No.  516  American  Tract  Society 
Building,  Nassau  and  Spruce  Streets. — This  gentleman  is  a  real 
estate  appraisei',  acting  both  for  the  pi  operty-holder  and  the  in- 
vestoi',  also  as  a  real  estate  broker,  and  makes  a  specialty  of 
country,  suburban  and  city  appraising.  He  established  himself  in  busi- 
ness here  in  1890,  and  has  jnoved  himself  eminently  competent  to  cope 
with  all  i)ublic  questions  affecting  the  interests  of  owners  of  realty,  and 
possesses  a  wide  acquaintance  and  an  infiuential  connection  in  real  estate 
circles.  He  has  earned  a  high  rejiutation  for  accurate  judgment  and  supe- 
rior business  tact  in  developing  property  interests  to  profitable  conclu- 
sions, and  includes  among  his  patrons  many  leading  capitalists,  investors 
and  property-owners,  not  only  in  this  city,  but  throughout  the  states  of 
Xew  York,  New  Jersey,  Connecticut  and  Massachusetts,  and  other  .sections 
of  the  country.  Mr.  Carey  is  a  native  of  Virginia,  in  the  prime  of  life,  and 
has  long  been  prominent  in  this  city.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and 
chief  promoters  of  the  Co-operative  Building  Bank,  and  its  vice-president 
and  general  manager  for  three  years  ;  also  manager  of  the  loan  department 
of  the  Mercantile  Co-operativ«  Bank  for  the  same  length  of  time.  The 
best  evidence  of  the  valuable  character  of  his  services  is  the  approval  of 
prominent  business  and  professional  men  for  whom  he  has  acted  and  who 
have  knowledge  of  the  thoroughness  of  his  methods. 

JD.  TITSWORTH  &  SON,  Brokers  and  Resident  Buj-ers  of  Drugs, 
Chemicals,  Etc.,  No.  20  Cedar  Street. — The  senior  member  of  this 
^  firm  is  a  native  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  but  has  been  here  since  1863. 
Having  long  and  practical  experience  in  this  line  of  trade,  he  began 
business  on  his  own  account  in  188."),  and  has  built  up  a  very  liberal  and 
intliiential  trade  which  is  constantly  increasing.  On  January  1st,  1896,  he 
admitted  his  son,  Alonzo,  to  partnership,  and  among  their  i)atrons  will  be 
found  many  of  the  most  i)roniinent  dealers  in  drugs,  medicines  and  kindred 
articles  in  all  of  the  leading  cities  in  the  Union.  They  also  import  and 
export  on  commission,  and  having  first-class  connections,  both  in  this  and 
oMier  countries,  are  prepaied  to  fill  all  orders  for  sale  and  purchase  of 
all  classes  of  goods  known  to  the  drug  and  chemical  trade;  and  consign- 
ments made  to  them  are  sure  to  receive  prompt  attention,  and  returns  for 
same  are  promptly  made,  while  all  orders  for  the  purchase  of  foreign  or 
domestic  drugs,  medicines,  proprietary  remedies,  dyestuffs,  botanic  medi- 
cines and  chemicals  for  scientific  or  manufacturing  purposes  are  filled  at  the 
very  lowest  ruling  market  price.  The  premises  utilized  are  amply  spa- 
cious and  commodious,  and  a  full  and  complete  line  of  sam])les  is  kept  con- 
stantly on  hand,  embracing  all  the  latest  productions  of  specialties  in 
medicines  and  chemicals.  Mr.  Titsworth,  Sr.  is  in  the  prime  of  life,  a 
resident  of  Plaiufield,  N.  J.,  and  a  member  of  the  N.  Y.  Drug  Trade  Club. 


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FRANCIS  L.  ?:LI;INGW001),  Architect,  No.  56  Pine  Street— The 
architectural  atlvaiicenieiit  made  diirini;  the  last  few  years  in 
the  United  States  is  as  reniarkahle  for  its  beauty  as  its  utility. 
Here  in  New  York  the  work  of  our  leading  architects  is  of  a  char- 
acter to  elicit  the  wannest  commendations  of  the  public  and  the  favor- 
able opinion  of  critical  experts.  A  prominent  member  of  the  profession  is 
Mr.  Francis  L.  Ellingwood,  who  established  himself  in  business  in  this 
city  in  ISSli,  after  some  eighteen  yeais'  experience  under  the  primary 
tuition  of  Messrs.  McKim,  Mead  and  White,  and  several  leading  Chicago 
architects.  He  has  since  brought  to  bear  the  fruition  of  years  of  close 
study,  and  has  been  markedly  successful  in  evincing  a  distinct  vein  of 
originality  and  ability  in  dealing  with  the  difficult  and  ever-varying  prob- 
lems of  the  building  enterprises  lie  lias  contracted  for.  The  following 
citation  of  the  more  noteworthy  structures  designed  by  and  constructed 
under  his  supervision  may  be  here  mentioned: — tlie  residence,  ga;tevvay  and 
stable  of  Mr.  Eugene  Iliggins,  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey  ;  the  C.  II. 
Dodge  residence,  at  Riverdale  on  the  Hudson  ;  the  residence  of  C.  Oliver 
Iselin,  at  New  Rochelle,  New  York;  coroperating  in  the  construction  of 
the  Scribner  Building  and  St.  Luke's  Hospital;  the  remodeling  of  the  resi- 
dence of  H.  S.  Babcock,  on  4!)tli  Street,  this  city;  the  First  Presbyterian 
Cliurcli.  of  Watertown,  New  York;  work  for  Mrs.  .loseph  Drexel  at  Pen 
Hhyn,  Pennsylvania,  etc.,  etc.  Mr.  I^llingwood  makes  the  same  careful 
study  of  the  interior  requirements  of  his  buildings,  as  he  does  of  their 
exteriors;  bis  comi)iitations  are  accurate,  his  plans  thoroughly  practical, 
while  his  style  of  architecture  is  pure  and  symmetrical.  His  aim  is  always 
to  secure  to  the  owner  the  best  results  within  the  limit  of  estimates,  and 
his  close  adherence  to  specifications  and  careful  supervision  of  builders 
and  contractors  point  him  out  as  a  sound,  conservative  business  man,  as 
well  as  an  architect  of  the  highest  professional  attainments.  Mr.  Elling- 
wood is  a  native  of  Eastport,  Maine,  lint  has  made  this  city  his  home  and 
the  subsequent  scene  of  his  successful  business  operations  since  boyhood, 
and  in  every  respect  ranks  as  one  of  New  York's  progressive  professional 
men. 


SPENCER  OPTICAL  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Optical  Lenses, 
Trial  Cases,  Spectacles  and  Eye-Glasses,  No.  1.5  Maiden  Lane. — This 
company  bears  the  distinction  of  being  the  largest  manufacturers 
of  optical  lenses,  spectacles  and  eye-glasses,  and  all  kinds  and 
classes  of  optical  goods  in  the  United  States,  The  business  was  founded 
thirty  years  ago  by  .James  E.  Spencer  &  Co.,  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  in 
1S74  the  present  company  was  organized  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of 
New  York.  In  1887  the  present  factory  at  Newark,  N.  .J.,  was  built,  con- 
sisting of  a  four-story  brick  building,  60  x  125  feet  in  dimensions,  splen- 


didly equijqied  for  rapid  and  perfect  jiroduction,  and  steady  enijiloyment 
is  given  therein  to  tliree  hundred  skilled  hands.  The  comjiaiiy  are  whole- 
sale dealers  and  manufacturers  of  optical  lenses,  trial  cases  and  sjiectacles, 
and  eye-glasses  in  gold,  silver,  aluminum,  steel,  nickel,  celluloid,  rubber 
and  plated  ;  while  they  are  also  sole  agents  for  Audemair's  ojiera,  field 
and  marine  glasses.  The  salesroom  in  New  York  has  been  in  operation 
for  tliirty  years,  and  comiirises  tliree  floors  and  a  basement,  25  x  125  feet 
each,  including  a  case  factory,  and  here  employment  is  given  to  some  sixty 
jieople.  A  corps  of  nine  experienced  salesmen  represent  the  house  upon 
the  road,  and  the  trade  is  sujiplied  in  quantities  to  suit  at  short  notice  and 
on  the  most  favorable  terms.  The  comjiany  make  more  styles  and  grades 
of  goods  than  any  of  their  contemporaries,  while  trade  depressions  seem 
not  to  disturb  the  steady  flow  of  tlieir  patronage.  The  officers  of  the 
company  are  as  follows: — James  E.  Spencer,  president;  John  S.  Spencer, 
treasurer.  These  gentlemen  are  brothers,  natives  of  Connecticut,  and  ex- 
pert and  jiractical  opticians.  They  are  founders  of  the  Spencer  Optical 
Institute  for  instruction  in  examining  eyes  and  fitting  glasses.  Mr.  James 
E.  Spencei-is  one  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  New  York  Jewelers' 
Association,  and  a  member  of  the  Jewelers'  Protective  Association,  the 
National  Jewelers'  Alliance  and  the  National  Jewelers'  League.  Mr.  John 
S.  Spencer  is  a  director  of  the  Metropolitan  Savings  Bank,  and  both  stand 
deservedly  high  in  trade  circles. 

THE  H.  F.  TAINTOR  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  English 
Cliffstone  Paris  White,  Whiting,  All  Grades,  No.  101  Beekmaii 
Street. — This  comi>any  are  nationally  celebrated  as  manufacturers 
of  English  Cliffstone,  Westminster  Brand  Paris  white,  and  whiting 
of  all  grades:  and  give  special  attention  to  the  preiiaratioii  of  a  very  fine  dry 
bolted  whiting  for  the  use  of  rubber,  oil  cloth  and  other  manufacturers  who 
require  an  article  of  uniform  quality  and  condition.  The  business  was 
founded  over  thirty  years  ago.  by  T.  Weddle  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded 
in  1880  by  H.  F.  Taintor,  and  in  1802  the  present  company  was  incorpo- 
rated, with  H.  F.  Taintor,  president;  A.  H.  Angell,  treasurer.  The 
factory  of  the  company  is  located  at  Greenpoint,  Brooklyn,  and  is  finely 
equipped  with  every  modern  facility  and  appliance  for  insuring  rapid  and 
perfect  production,  while  from  seventy-five  to  one  hundred  skilled  hands 
are  employed  therein.  Only  the  finest  grades  of  goods  are  turned  out,  and 
orders  for  a  large  or  small  quantity  can  be  filled  at  the  shortest  notice.  An 
immense  stock  is  carried  at  all  times,  to  the  end  that  no  delay  may  be 
exjierienced  in  the  filling  of  orders.  Mr.  Taintor  is  a  native  of  Buffalo, 
while  Mr.  Angell  is  a  New  Yorker  by  residence,  and  both  are  expert  and 
practical  manufacturers,  whose  success  has  been  attained  solely  through 
the  merits  of  their  operations. 


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SCHLEICHER*  SOXS,  Hi<;h  Grade  Pianos.  No.  0  West  Uth  Street.— 
Mr.  Gustave  Schleicher,  the  senior  member  of  this  firm,  was  born 
in  (iermany,  but  came  to  this  country  forty-five  years  ago.  and 
settled  in  New  York  city.  He  was  a  thorounh  mechanic  and  a 
great  inventor,  having  learned  the  art  of  piano  making  and  cabinet  work 
in  all  its  branches  fiom  his  father,  who  was  a  manufacturer  in  Berlin.  Mr. 
Schleicher  continued  making  pianos  in  New  York  city.  Thirty  years  ago 
the  Schleichers  started  manufacturing  pianos,  and  their  business  has  in- 
creased very  rapidly.  The  four  sons  were  all  born  in  Mount  Vernon.  New 
York.  They  all  learned  the  art  of  making  pianos  throughout,  in  all  its 
branches,  Iviving  the  benefit  of  their  fatlier's  many  years'  experience.  The 
business  is  now  carried  on  by  the  four  sons,  the  father  having  retired  sev- 
er)" years  ago.    Each  one  of  the  members  attends  to  his  special  depart- 


ment, and  gives  his  personal  attention  to  every  detail.  Messrs.  Andrew  .J. 
and  Edward  G.  Schleicher  attend  to  the  manufacturing.  Their  manufac- 
tory, at  Stamford,  Connecticut,  was  designed  by  them  and  built  under 
their  personal  supervision,  the  latest  improvements  being  used  in  season- 
ing all  materials.  It  is  heated  throughout  by  steam,  and  has  steam  ele- 
vators. All  the  machinery  is  new,  and  of  the  latest  improved  designs. 
The  Schleichers  have  invented  and  patented  many  of  the  improvements 
used  in  their  i)ianos,  such  as  the  sound  board;  the  pressure  bar,  that  holds 
the  strings  firmly  in  place;  the  practice  stop,  that  prevents  the  wearing  of 
the  action  and  reduces  the  sound  during  continued  i)racticing;  the  adjust- 
ing of  the  action,  which  keeps  the  action  more  even;  the  music  ilesk.  which 
holds  the  music  in  perfect  position;  the  arrangement  for  taking  the  instru- 
ment apart  in  sections,  so  it  can  be  moved  through  a  small  space;  the 
patent  panel  protector,  which  saves  the  panel  from  being  injured  by  the 
feet  over  the  pedals,  etc.,  etc.  Mr.  George  Schleicher  attends  to  the  man- 
agement of  the  New  York  City  warerooms  at  the  above  address,  from 
which  pianos  are  sold  and  .shipped  to  all  States  and  Territories.  Mr.  John 
C.  Schleicher  attends  to  the  management  of  the  Mount  Vernon  warerooms, 
<at  No.  i}-'  West  First  Street;  from  there  the  instruments  are  sold  at  retail 
and  rented  to  jKirties  tliroughout  Westchester  County  and  vicinity.  The 
firm  also  do  a  large  amount  of  piano-tuning,  repairing  in  all  its  branches, 
polishing,  moving  instruments,  bo.xing  and  shipping  and  storage. 

BENNETT,  SLOAN  &  CO.,  Cigar  Manufacturers.  J.  II.  McPike, 
Manager,  Franklin  and  Hudson  Streets. — Success  is  the  best  test 
of  merit  in  the  cigar  trade,  and  the  prosperity  and  popularity  so 
long  enjoyed  by  Messrs.  Bennett,  Sloan  &  Co.,  as  cigar  manufac- 
turers, is  the  surest  indication  of  the  reliability  of  their  goods.  They  have 
a  national  reputation  as  manufacturers  of  the  "  Country  Gentlemen."  tiie 
best  five-cent  cigar  in  America,  and  the  best  seller  ;  also,  the  '•  American 
Thoroughbred,"  a  ten-center,  fine  as  the  best  imported.  The  sales  of  the 
Country  Gentlemen"  exceed  nine  millions  a  year.  This  firm  established 
their  business  originally  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  in  1881,  and  removed  to 
this  city  in  1S8.5.  Here  they  occupy  an  entire  seven-story  brick  building. 
.50  K  100  feet,  and  carry  on  a  large  business  as  manufacturers  of  both  cigars 
and  spices,  roasters  of  coffee  and  importers  and  dealeis  in  teas,  colTees  and 
spices.  The  exigencies  of  the  business  require  the  services  of  12.5  hands, 
and  forty-five  salesmen  are  sent  on  the  road.  Mr.  J.  H.  McPike  is  the 
manager  of  the  Cigar  Department  and  was  the  founder  of  the  same.  He 
has  been  connected  with  the  cigar  trade  for  seventeen  years  ;  was  in  the 
cigar  brokerage  business  in  St.  Louis  for  eight  years,  and  is  a  recognized 
expert  in  the  business.  Ur.  P.  S.  Bennett,  the  head  of  the  firm,  resides  in 
New  Haven.  He  is  prominent  in  the  business  world,  and  a  member  of  the 
various  New  Haven  clubs.  Mr.  A.  P.  Sloan  resides  in  Brooklyn,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Montaiuk  Club.  The  firm  can  be  cordially  commended  to 
the  trade  everywhere  as  one  with  a  clean  record  and  unsurpassed  facilities. 


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l)een  amoii'j;  our  most  prominent,  public-sijiritert  citizens.  This 
bank  is  pre-eminently  fuirillin<r  its  mission,  its  dopo.sitors  l,ar<,'ely  compris- 
ing the  wage-earners  of  this  flourishing  industrial  section.    It  is  a  most 


beneticent  work  this  institution  is  engaged  in,  and  one  the  importance  of 
which  is  duly  appreciated  by  the  managers.  Deposits  are  received  from 
ten  cents  to  three  thousand  dollars,  and  interest  is  credited  on  from  five 
dollars  to  three  thousand  dollars,  in  January  and  July  of  each  year.  The 
funds  are  most  scrupulously  and  carefully  invested  according  to  law  in 
sound  government,  state,  city  and  real  estate  securities.  On  January  1, 
1896,  the  bank  had  deposits  aggregating  $U,y74,8;J6.!)S,  with  a  surplus  fund 
of  $7;)4,;:;S3.21,  and  total  resources  of  $10,709,937.74.'  These  figures  speak 
eloquently  of  the  ability  and  wisdom  of  the  management,  and  serve  to  in- 
dicate that  the  Union  Dime  Savings  Institution  is  one  of  our  safest  and 
soundest  financial  factors.  The  officers  and  trustees  are  as  follows,  viz: 
Charles  E.  Sprague,  president;  Channing  M.  Dritton  and  James  S.  Herr- 
man,  vice-presidents;  George  N.  Birdsall,  treasurer;  Francis  M.  Leake,  sec- 
retary; Silas  15.  Dutcher,  William  H.  Locke,  Charles  E.  Sprague,  Charles 
G.  Dobbs,  William  A.  Butler,  Channing  M.  Britton,  James  S.  Ilerrman, 
Thomas  B.  Rand.  Alexander  Brown.  Jr.,  George  N.  Birdsall,  John  K. 
Hegeman,  Eiancis  M.  Leake,  Charles  Andruss,  David  B.  Sickcls,  Nicholas 
Brewer,  William  G.  Koss,  William  McMaster  Mills,  and  Clermont  II.  Wilcox, 
trustees.  President  Sprague  has  been  in  the  bank  for  a  ])eriod  of  twenty- 
five  years,  Ijcing  elected  to  bis  present  i-esponsible  position  in  1892,  and  is  a 
financier  and  accountant  of  large  experience  and  high  repute.  The  other 
officers  have  been  with  the  institution  for  many  years,  and  under  its  present 
wise  and  conservative  management,  it  has  the  unlimited  confidence  of  the 
business  world,  as  a  model  financial  institution,  typical  ol  what  can  be 
accomplished  in  this  broad  field  of  practical  philanthiopy, 

KKAUS  LEWIX  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Fine  Cigars,  Corner 
71st  Street  and  Avenue  A. — The  business  so  successfully  conducted 
by  this  comjiany  was  originally  established  by  Mr.  Joseph  Kraus, 
who  was  succeeded  by  the  firm  of  Kraus  &  Lewin  in  1890.  In  the 
early  part  of  189(i  the  jiresent  company  was  formed,  of  which  Joseph  Kraus 
is  ])rcsident  and  Frank  R.  Lewin.  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  premises 
now  in  use  have  been  occupied  since  b'^86.  and  comprise  six  floors.  50  x  100 
feet  each,  where  three  hundred  skilled  hands  are  constantly  employed.  The 
output  of  the  factory  averages  a  million  dollars  per  year,  and  the  leading 
brands  maiuifactured  are  the  Windsor  House  Bouquet,  and  Newport  Club, 
both  ten-cent  cigars:  and  the  Rose  Marie,  Yellow  Fellow,  the  Rising  Eagle 
and  El  Marello,  five-cent  goods.  The  purity  and  excellence  of  these  cigars 
are  renowned.  Others  may  deteriorate,  they  never;  and  jobbers  every- 
where will  find  it  for  their  interest  to  carry  a  full  stock  of  these  splendid 
cigars,  which  command  the  patronage  of  the  best  classes  of  the  public 
and  invariably  afford  entire  satisfaction.  A  corps  of  talented  salesmen 
represent  the  interests  of  the  liouse  upon  the  road,  and  the  trade  is  large 
and  influential  throughout  the  entire  country.  Messrs.  Joseph  Kraus  and 
Frank  Lewin  are  expert  and  practical  cigarmakers,  noted  for  superior 
executive  abilities,  and  are  gentlemen  of  wide  popularity. 


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THE  SWANSOX  MACHINE  WOKKS,  Yeiiion  Buiklinu,  Xos.  132  to 
]o6  Xoi  tli  nth  Street,  Brooklyn. — The  prosperous  liusiiiess  carried 
ou  by  the  Swaiison  Machine  Works  has  been  established  for  the 
past  seven  years.  It  was  started  on  Hudson  Street,  Xew  York,  and 
requiring  more  room  and  better  facilities,  was  lecently  removed  to  the 
present  quarters.  This  is  a  well-known  concern,  and  lias  a  large  patronage. 
Mr.  Levi  Swanson,  the  [iioprietor,  is  a  young  man  in  the  prime  of  life, 
active  and  energetic.  He  was  born  in  Sweden,  and  has  been  in  this  coun- 
try a  number  of  years.  He  is  an  expert  mechanic  and  enjoys  a  first-class 
reputation  for  skill  and  reliability.  The  Swanson  Machine  Works  occupy 
a  spacious  and  well-equipped  floor,  with  excellent  facilities.  They  have 
full  steam  power,  latest  improved  milling  machines,  lathes,  drills,  etc., 
and  employ  fifteen  to  twenty  skilled  hands.  Tliey  are  constructors  of 
labor-saving  machinery,  and  cau  execute  orders  in  the  most  expeditious 
manner.  Mechanical  and  electrical  inventions  are  develoi)ed  by  them,  and 
the  very  best  results  attainable  are  assured.  Models  are  made  on  short 
notice,  and  perfect  satisfaction  is  guaranteed.  Die  sinking  is  a  specialty 
and  particular  attention  is  given  to  jobbing.  Monitor  press  work  is  done 
with  skill  and  despatch,  and  manufacturing  in  all  its  branches  is  jiromptly 
and  carefully  executed.  These  works  turn  out  work  of  a  very  superior 
character,  and  their  trade,  which  extends  throughout  the  United  States, 
gives  evidence  of  steady  growth.  They  are  i)repared  to  construct  and 
repair  anything  in  the  line  above  indicated,  and  the  )irices  charged  by  them 
are  always  reasonable. 


COLUMBIAN  FOUNDRY,  Sylvester  N.  Leary,  Proprietor,  Foundry 
and  Machine  Works,  No.  1  Park  Row. — The  manufacture  of  iron 
castings  constitutes  one  of  the  most  important  industries  carried 
on  in  this  country  to-day.  The  business  is  well  represented  in 
the  metropolis  by  tlie  Columbian  Foundry,  whose  New  York  office  is 
located  as  above.  This  enterprise  was  founded  in  1803,  and  in  1892  Mr. 
Sylvester  N.  Leary,  the  present  proprietor,  succeeded  to  the  control.  The 
foundry  is  at  Greenpoint,  Long  Island,  on  Newtown  Creek,  and  comprises 
both  foundry  and  machine  works,  covering  two  floors,  22.t  by  100  feet  each, 
and  splendidly  equipped  with  improved  machinery  and  ample  steam  power, 
with  one  cupola  having  a  capacity  of  twelve  tons,  and  employment  is  given 
therein  to  thirty-five  skilled  hands.  A  general  line  of  foundry  woik  is 
executed,  together  with  machine  rejiairing  of  all  kinds,  while  a  specialty  is 
made  of  lioisting  machinery  and  elevators,  in  which  this  foundry  is  known 
to  excel.  Both  light  and  heavy  castings  are  manufactured,  and  the  prod- 
ucts ai-e  recognized  as  uni-ivaled  l)y  those  of  any  contemporary  house, 
for  smoothness,  softness,  quality  of  metal,  and  freedom  from  flaws.  The 
proprietor  cheerfully  furnishes  estimates  for  any  description  of  castings. 


and  attends  promptly  to  designing  and  pattern  making.  Orders  by  tele- 
phone, •■  400  Cortlandt,"  by  telegraph  or  nniil,  icceive  immediate  per- 
sonal attention,  and  jjrices  are  placed  at  the  lowest  figures  consistent  with 
the  best  materials  and  superior  worknianshii).  Mr.  Leary  is  a  native  New 
Yorker,  an  active  comi)etitor  for  business,  and  a  young  man  of  large 
practical  experience  and  thorough  reliability,  with  whom  it  will  be  found 
both  pleasant  and  prolitable  to  deal. 

EMPIRE  BRASS  AND  METAL  WORKS,  Artistic  Brass,  Bronze  and 
Iron  Work.  Postal  Tclegraiili  lJuilding,  No.  2.");!  Broadway. — This 
enterprise  was  inaugurated  here  in  January,  1895,  under  the  pres- 
ent name  and  style,  with  Messrs.  .\bram  Wyckoft'  and  Albert 
Manning  as  proprietors.    These  gentlemen  are  experts  in  artistic  brass, 
bronze  and  iron  work,  sujjplying  bank  wickets,  panels,  rails,  signs  and 

general  wire  work,  and  giving  special 
attention  to  hammered  work.  They 
li;ivf  achieved  a  high  reputation,  and 
their  productions  are  now  in  constant 
and  increasing  demand  throughout  the 
I'nited  States,  Canada  and  South 
America.  The  management  makes  a 
constant  study  of  the  progress  in 
methods  and  appliances  available  in 
their  business,  and  the  results  of  their 
enterprise  and  labors  are  to  be  seen  in 
many  of  the  banks  and  public  buildings 
of  this  city,  as  well  as  elsewhere. 
Their  designs  and  patterns  are  original 
and  beautiful,  they  use  only  the  choic- 
est of  metal,  and  all  their  products  are 
perfect.  They  oiierate  a  well-equipped 
factory  in  this  city,  and  are  at  all  times 

'JfeiO!?   prepared  to  furnish  estimates  from  their 

own  designs,  or  from  architects'  plans 
and  specifications.  Siiecimens  of  their  work  are  to  be  seen  in  the  .Shoe  and 
Leather  National  Bank,  the  Twelfth  Ward  National  Bank,  the  Aster  Place 
Bank,  the  Herald  Building  on  o4tli  Street,  and  the  Society  for  the  Preven- 
tion of  Cruelty  to  Children  Building,  among  many  others  in  New  York; 
also  at  the  .\rt  Museum  in  Springfield.  Mass.,  and  in  various  institutions 
in  Brooklyn,  Philadelphia,  Chicago.  Buenos  Ayres.  Boston.  Baltimore, 
Rio  de  .Janeiro.  San  Francisco.  Montreal  and  other  cities.  Orders  and  com- 
missions are  filled  promptly  at  very  low  prices  in  all  cases.  Messrs. 
Wyckoff  and  Manning  are  natives  of  New  .Jersey,  and  progressive  inventors 
and  designers  in  their  broad  field  of  skilled  iiidustrv. 


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M MULLIGAN  &  SOX,  Steam  Stone  Works,  Nos.  425  to  430  East 
53id  Street. — Tliese  works  were  established  in  1850  by  Messrs. 
Wilson  &  Mulligan,  at  16tli  Street  and  Avenue  A,  and  were  re- 
*  moved  to  the  present  address  in  ISOS.  Mr.  M.  Mulligan  became 
sole  proprietor  in  1SS7,  and  in  18S9  admitted  his  son  to  partnership,  the 
latter  succeeding  to  the  sole  control  on  the  death  of  his  father  in  June, 
1890.  The  works  cover  a  ground  area  of  100  x  125  feet,  and  are  e(iuippcd 
with  four  gang  saws,  a  diamond  saw,  planes,  derricks,  and  all  necessary 
appliances,  operated  by  a  steam  engine  of  fifty  horse-power,  and  steady 
employment  is  afforded  to  a  large  force  of  skilled  workmen.  This  house 
is  prepared  to  furnish  all  kinds  of  free  stone  at  short  notice,  and  the  bus- 
iness has  attained  proportions  of  great  and  gratifying  magnitude,  conse- 
quent upon  the  superior  class  of  work  liere  executed,  and  the  reliability  of 
all  supplies  handled.  Among  prominent  jobs  executed  may  be  named  the 
Khinelander  Building,  Fifth  Avenue  and  Oth  Street  ;  the  residence  of 
William  K.  Vanderbilt,  52nd  Street  and  Fifth  Avenue  ;  the  building  for 
Henry  Villard,  on  Madison  Avenue,  between  .jOth  and  51st  Streets;  six 
buildings,  Nos.  15  to  25  East  94th  Street  ;  ten  houses  at  Syth  Street  and 
Lexington  Avenue  ;  mansion  on  69th  Street,  between  Madison  and  Fifth 
Avenu'es  ;  two  buildings  for  Mr.  Lyle,  Nos.  36  and  38  West  .j7th  Street,  and 
Nos.  3,  5  and  7  East  72nd  Street;  warehouse  at  Nos.  212  to  218  Wooster 
Street.  Mr.  Mulligan  is  a  New  Yorker  by  birth,  trained  in  this  business 
from  his  youth  up,  and  a  member  of  the  Stone  Contractors'  Association, 
the  Builders'  Exchange  and  the  Building  Trades  Club,  and  a  reliable  and 
accomplished  leader  in  his  branch  of  industry. 

FITZPATKICK  &  SOMERS,  Corsets,  No.  85  Leonard  Street.— The 
corsets  made  by  the  Bridgeport  and  Birmingham  Corset  Companies 
are  well  and  favorably  known  to  the  dry-goods  trade  throughout 
the  United  States  as  the  products  of  the  best  and  most  reliable 
makers.  The  sole  agents  for  these  corsets  are  the  firm  named  above,  an 
old  and  reliable  one  whose  business  connections  are  most  extensive.  The 
present  firm-style  was  adopted  in  1894,  but  the  liouse  has  had  an  uninter- 
rupted existence  of  twenty-seven  years,  and  for  nearly  all  that  time  was 
known  as  J.  G.  Fitzpatrick  &  Co.  Five  years  ago  Mr.  Thomas  F.  Somers 
became  a  member  of  the  firm,  and  one  year  ago  the  present  style  was 
adopted.  The  factories  are  at  Bridgeport,  Birmingham  and  Derby,  Con- 
necticut, and  liave  been  established  for  many  years,  and  their  products  are 
well  and  favorably  known  in  all  jiarts  of  this  countiy.  The  corsets  manu- 
factured by  the  Bridgeport  and  Birmingham  Coisct  Companies  are  of  the 
best  design,  shape  and  finish,  and  have  recently  undergone  great  improve- 
ments in  style.  The  materials  used  include  cotton,  silk,  satteen,  jeans,  etc., 
all  of  which  are  most  carefidly  made  up  with  a  view  to  their  durability  and 
the  comfort  of  the  wearer.  They  include  such  well-known  and  famous 
styles  as  the  "  Armorside,"  "  Tricora,"  "  F.  P."  and  "  La  Keine  du  Bou- 


doir."' The  house  sells  the  jobbing  trade  all  over  the  United  States,  and 
its  aggregate  annual  sales  are  among  the  largest  of  any  house  in  the  corset 
trade  in  this  country.  Both  gentlemen  of  the  firm  have  large  financial  in- 
terests and  are  active  participants  in  the  commercial  operations  of  the 
United  States.  '  • 

KHAUS-MEIIKEL  MALTING  COMPANY,  Kemble  Building,  Nos.  15 
to  25  Whitehall  Street. — This  is  one  of  the  largest  corporations  of 
its  kind  in  Milwaukee,  and  its  jiroduct  is  disi)osed  of  almost  en- 
tirely in  New  York.    The  company  was  organized  under  the  laws 
of  the  state  of  Wisconsin,  with  a  capital  stock  of  .i-CiOd.OOO  in  1884.  and  the 
New  York  ottice  was  opened  at  the  same  time.    The  concern  at  the  outset 


ROBT  NUNNEMACHE.R,  PstsT  4  TBtf.s 
L  J  ME.RKEL,VicE  Prest 


had  a  capacity  of  one  million  bushels,  but  in  1801  it  was  enlarged  to  a  ca- 
pacity of  two  million  bushels,  and  at  the  same  time  a  new  departure  \yas 
made  by  the  introduction  of  the  new  Galland -Ilenning  Pneumatic  Malting 
System!  which  has  operated  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  concerned.  The  of- 
ficers of  the  company  are  Mr.  Robert  Nunnemacher.  jiresident  and  trea.s- 
urer.  who  is  one  of  Milwaukee's  wealthiest  citizens,  and  resides  there 
permanently;  the  secretary  is  Mr.  Gustave  A.  Muller,  w  ho  lives  in  Phila- 
delphia. Pa.,  and  the  vice-president  is  Mr.  L.  .1.  Merkel,  who  resides  here 
and  manages  the  extensive  affairs  of  the  New  York  oflice,  and  occupies  a 
prominent  position  in  commercial  circles.  He  was  born  in  (Jermany. 
but  passed  his  boyhood  in  Watertown,  Wisconsin.  He  has  wide  acquaint- 
ance, and  is  regarded  as  an  expert  salesman.  Mr.  Merkel  is  a  member  of 
the  Produce  Exchange,  and  also  of  the  National  Brewers'  and  Maltsters" 
Association.  His  business  here  extends  throughout  the  Middle  and  East- 
ern States,  and  is  of  large  proportions. 


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>nTCHELL,  Carpenter  and  Buikler,  No.  155  East  44th  Street.— 
I'll  is  seiitU'iuan,  who  is  of  Scottish  birth,  has  been  a  prominent 
ic'liresentative  in  New  York  of  tliis  line  of  ti'ade  for  the  past 
twenty-two  years.  He  conuneuced  operations  in  premise.s  situ- 
ated o  n  lot  h 
Street,  and  soon 
built  up  a  larj;e 
and  influent  i  a  1 
trade  connection, 
removing  in  1880 
to  his  pre  sent 
address,  w  li  i  c  h 
building  he  owns 
This  i  s  f  II  u  r 
stories  in  height, 
and  has  dimen- 
sions of  25  X  10:^ 
feet.  These  ex- 
tensive y  a  r  d  s 
and  sli(i]is  are 
well  eijuip  p  e  d' 
and  during  tlic 
busy  season  Mr. 
Mitchell  often 
employs  as  many 
as  one  hunched 
men.  He  is  ;in 
experienced  and 
able  builder, 
fully  conversant 
with  .  every  de- 
tail of  the  bnsi 
ness,  and  t  li  e 
needs  a  n  d  r  e- 
quirem  e  n  t s  of 
his  patrons,  and 
is  at  all  times 
prepared  to  con- 
tract for  the 
rei)air  and  iiltoi- 
ati  o  n  of  old 
premises,  ami  I  la- 
erection  of  new 

buildings.  During  his  business  career  he  has  erected  many  important 
public  and  private  structures  in  Xew  York  and  vicinity,  which  are  greatly 


admired.  He  does  work  for  builders  and  juivate  estates,  promptly  fur- 
nishes estimates,  and  spares  neither  time  nor  pains  to  fulfill  the  wishes  and 
meet  the  expectations  of  his  patrons.  Mr.  Mitchell  is  a  member  of  the 
F.  &  A.  M.,  the  Scottish  Society,  the  Builders'  Club,  and  a  director  of  the 
Colonial  Bank  of  this  city,  and  enjoys  the  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  has 
business  relations. 

WJ.  SMITH  &  CO.,  House  and  Sign  Painters,  Plain  and  Decor- 
ative Paper  Hangers,  No.  (i'J  Pearl  Street.— This  establish- 
^  ment  is  widely  known,  and  enjoys  a  liberal  and  permanent 
patronage  in  this  city  and  vicinity.  They  employ  a  corps 
of  experienced  workmen,  whose  operations  are  under  the  personal  super- 
vision of  some  member  of  the  firm.  Contracts,  both  large  and  small; 
are  executed  at  short  notii  e,  including  steamship  painting,  roof  painting, 
interior  graining  and  niarbleizing,  and  general  exterior  and  interior  work. 
The  firm  excel  in  caieful  attention  to  details  as  well  as  in  the  superior 
quality  of  all  materials  used,  and  their  house  is  a  favorite  headquarters 
for  the  finest  work  in  this  line.  Their  work  is  rarely  ecpialed  and  never 
excelled  for  beauty  of  design,  artistic  workmanship  and  elegance  of  finish, 
and  this  has  served  to  give  them  a  prestige  and  ])oi)ularity  of  which  they 
have  every  reason  to  be  jnoud.  All  orders  receive  prompt  and  careful 
attention  and  prices  are  placed  at  fair  and  reasonable  figures.  They  do  all 
the  sign  painting  for  the  Cotton  Exchange.  Produce  Exchange,  Brown 
Bros,  ct  Co.,  (bankers),  Eagle  Insurance  Building,  N.  J.  Central  Railroad 
Building  and  other  jirominent  buildings.  ^Ir.  W.  J.  Smith,  the  active  mem- 
ber of  the  firm,  is  a  native  of  New  York  State,  a  resident  of  Brooklyn  and 
an  exjiert  and  accomplished  master  of  his  art. 

WM.  C.  WllYTE,  Masim  and  Builder.  No.  180  Liberty  Street.— 
For  close  on  forty  years  this  gentleman  has  been  estaljlished 
in  Imsiness.  Ho  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  prominent  con- 
tractors in  this  line  in  or  around  New  York.  He  built  the  Na- 
tional storage  warehouse  at  Comniunipaw,  N.  .1.;  the  42d  Street  R.  R.  Co.'s. 
stables;  the  St.  Catherine  flats.  Madison  Avenue  and  53rd  Street;  the  re- 
taining wall  of  the  N.  Y.  C.  K.  R..  from  69th  Street  to  72d  Street;  the  build- 
ing and  taidis  of  the  Standard  Gas  Comininy,  at  East  lloth  Street,  and 
various  other  large  structures.  Mr.  Whyte  is  a  gentleman  of  mature  age, 
but  active,  energetic  and  devoted  to  his  business.  He  was  born  in  Scot- 
land and  came  to  America  in  youthful  manhood.  He  is  a  resident  of  Jersey 
City,  and  a  man  of  thoiougli  ]irat'tical  skill,  and  is  well  and  favorably 
known  in  building  circles.  Mr.  W  liytc  is  prepared  to  engage  in  all  classes 
of  work  in  his  line,  and  gives  special  attention  to  gas  works.  Estimates 
are  iironiptly  furnished  by  him;  and  all  contracts  undertaken  will  be  per- 
formed in  llie  most  ex]icditions,  "om]ietent  and  satisfactory  maimer. 


4i  NEW  YORK- f  896.  ^ 


149 


THE  WALTER  R.  WOOD  COMPANY,  (Limited),  Meclmiiical  Enoi- 
iieeis,  Geiken  I'.uilding,  Xos.  90  and  1)2  West  Broadway. — This  is 
an  incorporated  concern,  and  lias  a  capital  of  $40,0U0.  It  was  or- 
ganized under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Xew  York  in  1896,  and  is 
ably  and  efticiently  otiiceied.  Walter  R.  Wood  is  president  of  the  company; 
E.  Fox  Leonard,  vice-president  and  secretary,  and  Crosby  Leonard,  treas- 
urer. They  are  men  of  enerjiy  and  enterprise,  as  well  as  of  skill  and  ex- 
perience and  give  close  personal  attention  to  every  detail  of  their  business. 
The  Walter  R.  Wood  Company,  (Limited),  are  mechanical  en<;iiieers.  and 
do  all  classes  of  work  in  their  line.  They  sustain  a  high  reputation,  and 
enjoy  a  larjic  patronage.  They  make  a  specialty  of  complete  steam  and 
electric  plants,  and  are  well  equipped  for  the  business.  They  employ 
several  expert  mechanics,  and  have  done  the  steam  and  electrical  work 
in  various  structures  in  the  city,  including  the  Wheel  Press  Building, 
Gerken  Building,  Lawyers'  Building,  etc.;  also  H.  W.  Johns"  factory. 
Thirty-ninth  Street,  Brooklyn,  and  other  buildings.  At  their  ofiice  one  or 
more  of  tlie  partners  can  always  he  found  during  ofiice  hours.  The 
Walter  R.  Wood  Company,  (Limited),  are  prepared  to  give  estimates  for 
tlie  installation  of  complete  steam  and  electric  i)lants.  and  all  work  in- 
trusted ti>  them  will  be  performed  in  the  most  expeditious  and  thorough 
manner.  Elevators,  engines,  boilers,  dynamos  and  other  machinery  are 
designed,  constructed  and  put  in  by  them  with  promptness  and  reliability, 
and  satisfaction  is  assured.  .lobbing  also  is  executed  on  short  notice,  and 
all  onlers  receive  immediate  attention. 


FRAXK  S.  ALLEX.  Portable  Electric  Boat  Propeller  Company, 
Rooms  2()U  and  210,  X'o.  loG  Liberty  Street. — The  developments  in 
electrical  science  mark  a  distinct  era  in  the  history  of  modern  times. 
Truly  marvelous  have  been  the  results  accomplished.  The  prog- 
ress in  the  direction  indicated  is  the  wonder  of  the  age.  We  have  long 
been  familiar  with  the  practicability  of  that  mysterious  and  mighty  agency 
known  as  electricity  as  a  transmitter  of  sound.  Then  came  its  use  for 
illuminating  purposes,  and  later  as  a  tremendous  force  as  a  motive  power. 
It  was  not  until  a  recent  period,  however,  that  an  attemjjt  to  utilize  this 
subtle  element  in  the  domain  of  navigation  met  with  any  degree  of  success. 
A  few  years  ago  such  an  effort  would  have  been  deemed  utterly  impracti- 
cable, but  such  is  the  wonderful  range  of  human  possiliility  that  a  con- 
trivance has  been  devised  and  ])erfected  for  the  propulsion  of  water  craft, 
and  is  now  in  practical  operation  with  eminently  satisfactory  results.  Tlie 
invention  referred  to  is  the  system  owned  and  controlled  by  I^ank  S.  Allen, 
ni;inager  and  executive  he;ul  of  the  Portable  Electric  P.oat  Propeller  Com- 
pany. It  is  perfect  in  its  construction.  sim])le  in  arrangement,  very  easy  to 
handle,  and  combines  in  the  highest  degree  the  various  desiderata  pertain- 
ing to  an  apparatus  of  the  kind.    This  is  the  only  portable  proi)eIlcr  for 


boats  ever  devised,  and  is  a  higlily  meritorious  invention.  It  is  thoroughly 
and  absolutely  safe  to  the  user,  and  having  an  attachment  for  connecting  it 
to  various  forms  of  boats  in  precisely  the  same  manner,  and  with  the  same 
ease  that  a  rudder  is  shipped,  recommends  it  particularly  to  sjiortsmen, 
canoeists  and  tourists.  It  has  the  advantage  of  being  cheap,  too,  and  is 
light,  and  extremely  portable.  Briefly  described,  it  consists  of  a  movable 
tube,  which  is  hinged  at  the  stern  of  the  boat.  The  rudder  and  propeller 
are  in  one.  The  rate  of  speed  is  from  three  to  five  miles  an  hour.  The 
combined  propeller,  motor  and  rudder  weighs  only  thirty-five  pounds  for 
a  ten-foot  to  eighteen-foot  boat.  The  batteries  weigh  from  100  to  2".') 
pounds,  but  being  in  four  parts  are  easily  handled.  One  of  its  greatest  ad- 
vantages is  the  absolute  cleanliness  it  insures,  and  when  the  highest  rate 
of  speed  is  attained  there  is  almost  no  vibration,  and  scarcely  any  noise. 
This  contrivance  is  attachable  to  any  craft  in  a  moment,  and  it  is  at  once 
easily  managed,  readily  applied  and  indestructible.  The  motor,  propeller 
and  batteries  can  be  i)urcliased  for  S^l.jO,  and  the  running  exi)enses  amount 
to  only  five  cents  i>er  hour.  Jlr.  Frank  S.  Allen,  who  bought  the  ])atents 
and  all  the  rights  in  this  ingenious  system  from  the  Portable  Electric  Boat 
Company  about  a  year  ago,  will  be  pleased  to  furnish  all  the  jiarticulars 
relative  thereto.  He  invites  con  esjiondence,  and  all  communications  ad- 
dressed to  him  receive  prompt  lesponse. 

ALBERT  C.  .lAHL,  Manufacturers'  Agent  for  Electrical  Supplies, 
Taylor  Building,  Xos,  oO  and  41  Cortlandt  Street.— Few,  if  any, 
anning  the  younger  men  in  the  electrical  supply  business  in  X'ew 
York  are  better  known  than  the  gentleman  whose  name  heads  tliis 
sketch.  lie  has  been  engaged  in  the  line  indicated  for  quite  some  time, 
and  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  trade.  He  represents  several  manu- 
facturers and  handles  a  number  of  superior  appliances  and  specialties. 
The  business  carried  on  by  him  was  established  a  few  years  ago  by  Fred- 
erick Xoll,  whom  he  succeeded  in  April  last,  and  was  formerly  located  in 
the  Ilavemeyer  Building.  Albert  C.  .lahl  was  born  and  biought  up  in 
Jersey  City  and  resides  there.  He  is  a  man  of  practical  skill  and  experi- 
ence, and  active  and  energetic.  He  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  both 
electrical  circles  and  in  social  life,  and  enjoys  the  esteem  and  respect  of  a 
wide  circle  of  acquaintances.  Mr.  Jalil  is  agent  for  the  Interior  Conduit 
Insulating  Companj'.  of  Xew  York,  manufacturers  of  "  Baby  Knife  "  switch, 
and  he  has  a  lamp  of  his  own  design  manufactured  especially  for  him.  and 
also  a  new  electric  railway  insulation.  Before  going  into  business  on  his 
own  account  he  was  connected  with  the  H.  W.  Johns  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, (railway  insulation  department),  and  now  manufactures  electrical 
supplies  for  railway,  light  and  power  stations.  >[r.  .lahl  carries  a  variety 
of  tirst-class  electrical  specialties,  and  will  be  pleased  to  quote  prices  on 
anything  in  his  line.  lie  is  prepared  to  suiiply  dealers  and  users  at  lowest 
figures,  and  all  orders  will  receive  jirompt  and  personal  attention. 


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^  NEW  YORK- 1896.  91^ 


C, 


BEATTY,  Hatters'  Fine  Printing,  No.  9  West  3rd  Street— This 
house  was  founded  in  187(5  by  the  present  proprietor,  who  was 
for  many  years  previous  with  the  old  house  of  Ilaight,  Ilalsey 
A-  Co.,  of  this  city.    Since  beginning  liis  present  enterprise  he 

has  developed 
a  trade  which 
ramifies  to  all 
parts  of  the 
United  States, 
and  is  steadily 
i  n  c  r  e  a  s  i  n  g. 
The  plant  con- 
sists of  an  en- 
tire four-story 
building,  40  x  (50 
feet  in  dimen- 
s  i  o  n  s.  It  is 
equipped  with 
all  n  e  cessary 
latest  improved 
machinery,  and 
employment  is 
given  sixty  ex- 
p  e  r  i  e  n  c  e  d 
linnds.  making 
tliis  tlie  largest 
house  of  the 
kind  ill  the 
\v  o  r  1  (1.  M  r. 
lieatty  person- 
ally directs  the 
alf  a  i  rs  of  tlie 
est  ablishment 
and  executes  a 
general  line  of 
h  a  1 1  e  rs'  fine 

,  j/  -  y  printing  in 

^/jt  ^       X  gold,  silver,  and 

/  luU-^J^   //^  ''-^      ^  i„k^  steel  and 

I   A  .  brass  plate  and 

r  "  yAT"  lithograph. 

»'^_^4fL.-^«'^'<^        None  but  first- 
>r  class    work  is 

'  turned  out,  and 

the  complete  facilities  of  the  establishment  enables  the  proprietor  to  meet 


all  the  requirements  of  his  patrons  in  the  most  acceptable  manner.  As 
proof  of  the  excellence  of  his  work  it  may  be  mentioned  here  that  he  re- 
ceived an  official  medal  and  ribbon  at  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition, 
in  l.SO;!  for  his  display  of  fine  hat  printing  and  engraving  on  brass  and  steel, 
also  at  the  Exposition  Universe!  de  Paris  in  1SS9.  Mr.  Beatty  is  a  resident 
of  New  York,  and  district  deputy  grand  master  of  the  Fourth  District, 
State  of  New  York,  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  which  he  has  received  the  thirty-third 
degree,  and  he  holds  membership  also  in  the  Koyal  Arcanum  and  Cliosen 
Friends,  and  commands  the  respect  of  all.  Mr.  Beatty  for  the  past  thirty- 
two  years  has  been  active  and  honored  in  Masonic  circles.  He  is  one  of 
the  oldest  members  of  Mecca  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  and  a 
member  of  the  Brooklyn  Mas;<nic  Veterans,  which  he  has  served  as  vice- 
president  and  president. 

KOHN  BROS.  c%  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Cigars,  Nos.  322,  324,  326 
East  4.jth  Street. — This  is  one  of  the  foremost  houses  engaged  in 
the  cigar  manufacturing  trade  here.  They  occujjy  three  spacious 
tlciors,  two  of  them  75  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  one  40  x  100  feet. 
This  widely-known  firm,  whose  operations  now  ramify  to  all  parts  of  the 
United  States,  was  organized  in  1886,  by  the  present  copartners,  Messrs. 
Sigmund  Kohn,  his  brother  Gustav  Kohn,  and  Mr.  Charles  Boehme. 
These  gentlemen,  all  natives  of  Germany,  but  old-time  residents  of  New 
York,  are  skilled  practical  cigarniakers  as  well  as  business  men  of  un- 
limited energy  and  enterprise,  and  by  handling  first-class,  quick-selling 
goods  at  prices  allowing  a  liberal  prolit  to  their  patrons,  they  have  devel- 
oped a  trade  of  great  magnitude,  their  sales  now  amounting  to  4,000,000 
cigars  annually,  and  steadily  growing.  A  force  of  eighty  experienced 
hands  is  emjdoyed,  both  Havana  and  seed  cigars  of  high  grade  are  turned 
out,  goods  are  manufactured  to  order  only,  and  jobbers  are  supplied  at 
tei-ms  that  cannot  fail  to  prove  satisfactory. 

THOMAS  PYTERMAN,  Tailor,  No.  178  Fifth  Avenue,  between  22d 
and  23d  Streets. — An  experienced  master  of  his  profession  and  a 
leading  merchant  tailor  in  this  section  of  the  city,  is  Mr.  Thomas 
Pytei  mnii.  The  establishment  now  so  ably  directed  by  him  was 
originally  founded  many  years  ago  by  Mr.  G.  Lockwood,  and  was  con- 
tinued by  that  gentleman  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  when  Mr.  Pyternian, 
who  had  been  cutter  and  partner  in  the  house  for  many  J^'s,  succeeded 
to  sole  control,  a  position  his  skill  and  experience  rendeTKl  him  amply 
well  fitted  to  successfully  fill.  He  commands  the  old-time  trade  of  the 
house,  and  since  assuming  charge  of  affairs  has  greatly  augmented  the 
volume  of  patronage.  The  quarters  occupied  for  the  business  are  con- 
veniently cquipiied  and  neatly  appointed,  and  contain  a  stock  of  the  choic- 
est foreign  fabrics.  Mr.  Pyterman  employs  a  force  of  skilled  mechanics, 
whose  competency  he  can  depend  upon,  and  his  specialty  is  garments  of 
strictly  fine  quality. 


At  NEW  YORK-tSSe.  H» 


151 


THE  F.  WESEL  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Printers'  Macliiii- 
ery  and  Supplies,  Nos.  82  and  84  Fulton,  Corner  Gold  Streets.— 
This  company  has  for  the  past  fifteen  years  been  known  as  one  of 
the  most  energetic  concerns  in  the  trade.    It  was  organized  in 
1880,  and  its  officers  are:  F.  Wesel,  i)resident  and  manager;  E.  Stephany, 
treasurer,  and  G.  E.  Schellier,  secretary.    The  large  and  well  equipped 

factory  is  located  in 
:S->..-?T.,''^T.  r-.-.  Brooklyn,  at  tlie  cor- 

uer  of  Henry  a  n  d 
Cranberry  Streets. 
This  is  a  very  hand- 
some four-story  and 
basement  brick  build- 
ing, only  a  few  min- 
utes' distance  from 
the  Fulton  Street 
office,  and  connected 
witli  it  by  a  private 
telephone.  The  fac- 
tory is  as  neat  as  a 
I)  u  1 1  o  n,  thoroughly 
-  .~  ventilated  and  per- 

-  fi'ctly  lighted.  The 

floors,  ceilings  and  walls  are  bright  and  clenn.  and  no  mechanic  ever  had  a 
more  cheerful  working  place.  'J'lie  first  floor  is  devoted  to  the  slii])ping  de- 
l)artment,  handsomelj'  fitted-np  offices,  and  a  jierfect  printing  office  in  full 
operation.  From  this  model  printing  establishment  is  issued  all  of  the 
unique  and  extensive  advertising  of  the  company;  and  their  customers  may 
see  many  patented  articles  in  practical  use.  On  the  second  floor,  which  is 
filled  witli  complicated  machinery,  all  the  chases,  paper,  lead  and  rule  cut- 
ters are  made,  and  there,  too,  are  manufactured  curving  machines  and  proof- 
presses.  There  is  a  separate  dei>artment  on  this  flofir  devoted  to  the 
manufacture  of  stereotypers'  outfits  and  electrotypers"  machinery.  The 
third  floor  contains  all  the  machinery  used  in  the  making  of  composing- 
sticks,  wrought-iron  stands,  standing  galleys,  brass  galleys,  patent  mahog- 
any blocks,  brass  rules,  and  metal  furniture  and  patent  galleys.  The  fourth 
floor  is  well  equijij^ed  with  the  latest  imi)roved  wood-working  machinery 
for  the  carperiife-s  and  pattern-makeis  wliere  imposing  and  make-up  tables, 
cabinets,  stands,  etc.,  and  also  "Success"'  space-saving  stands  are  made. 
There  is  a  great  demand  for  them.  Tliey  enable  a  compositor  to  get  much 
nearer  his  work  than  the  old-fashioned  kind,  and  that  is  why  they  have 
become  popular.  In  the  basement  we  find  a  7-")-horse-power  engine  at  work 
driving  all  the  machinery.  Back  of  the  engine-room  is  the  blacksmith-shop, 
wliere  all  the  heavy  iron  work  is  done,  and  there  is  where  a  visitor  will  see  a 


wonderful  sight.  One  of  the  workmen  picks  up  two  pieces  of  iron,  used  in 
making  chases,  places  them  end  to  end  at  right  angles,  and  puts  them  on 
an  electric  welding  machine.  In  an  instant  the  ends  are  red  liot,  a  mo- 
ment later  they  are  at  white  lieat,  and  in  this  condition  they  are  placed 
in  another  machine,  and  then  removed,  perfectly  welded  together.  Tiiis 
is  the  only  electric  machine  for  chases  in  the  United  States.  The  rapidity 
and  accuracy  with  which  it  does  the  work  is  amazing,  and  is  a  sight 
worth  going  miles  to  see.  The  painting  and  drying-rooms  adjoin  the 
blacksmith-shop.  From  this  factory  is  turned  out  every  year  immense 
quantities  of  printers',  electrotypers'  and  bookbinders'  macliinery  and  sup- 
plies, the  list  including  patent  proof-presses,  galleys,  stereoblocks.  compos- 
ing-sticks, wrought-iron  chases,  rule  and  lead  cutters,  curving  machines, 
wrought-iron  pipe  stands,  imposing  tables  for  job  and  newspaper  offices; 
in  fact,  nearly  everything  for  the  wants  of  the  i)rinter:  electrotyping  ma- 
chinery and  stereoty|)ing  machinery  with  all  latest  improvements.  The 
trade  of  the  house  extends  ail  over  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  the 
laige  export  trade  takes  in  South  America,  Australia,  England  and  (ier- 
many.  The  many  and  varied  labor-saving  devices  of  this  house  are  in  use 
in  all  the  large  newspai)er  and  job  printing  establishments  in  this  country, 
and  are  coming  into  general  use  abroad.  Taken  all  through,  no  house  has 
done  more  for  the  advancement  of  the  interests  of  the  printing  trade  than 
this,  and  none  is  better  or  more  widely  known.  When  first  established  in 
1880,  it  was  un<ler  the  firm  style  of  F.  Wesel  &  Co.,  the  founder  being 
the  present  president  of  the  corporation.  Six  or  seven  years  ago  the  busi- 
ness was  reorganized  as  a  corporation  under  its  present  style,  by  which  it 
has  since  been  known. 

HS.  LINCOLN,  Rei)resenting  The  Wheeling  Pottery  Company, 
Nos.  (ii  an<l  (id  West  Broadway. — A  striking  illustration  of  the 
^  perfection  attained  in  the  manufacture  of  pottery  in  this  country 
is  afforded  by  The  Wheeling  Pottery  Company,  of  Wheeling,  W. 
Va.,  who  are  represented  in  New  York  by  the  gentleman  named  above. 
The  business  is  an  old-established  one,  and  the  company  enjoys  the  highest 
of  reputations  for  excellence  of  goods,  'i'he  range  of  manufacture  em- 
braces both  plain  and  decorated  wares,  the  decorated  ware  being  unique 
in  design,  rich  in  ornamentation  and  very  attractive  and  desirable  in  every 
way,  comprising  dinner,  tea  and  toilet  wares:  umbrella  stands,  jardinieies, 
tabourettes,  salivettes,  pedestals  and  other  novelties.  The  company  manu- 
facture the  celebrated  "La  Belle"  china,  white  granite  C.  C."  ware, 
and  plumbei  s'  sanitary  goods,  making  a  specialty  of  Flon  blue  ware  and 
finely  decorated  goods.  Each  piece  of  pottery  is  treated  by  the  artist  as  a 
separate  picture  or  sketch,  and  as  the  freest  lange  is  given  to  the  workers' 
fancy,  the  pieces  have  a  remarkably  indhvidHa4  character.  A  full  line  of 
samples  is  carried  at  the  New  York  office,  and  dealers  throughout  New 


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Yoik,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  New  England  and  the  South  are  su})i)lii(l 
ill  quantities  to  suit  at  short  notice  and  on  tlie  most  favorable  terms.  Mr. 
Lincoln  has  been  connected  witli  the  i)ottery  trade  all  his  life,  in  New 
York  and  Hostou,  and  is  eminently  fitted  to  maintain  the  prestige  of  this 
old  and  honored  house. 


LOVK  KLKCTKIC  Tli-XCTIOX   COMPANY,  No.   1    Broadway.— In 
view  of  all  the  surrounding  circumstances,  many  of  which  have 
contributed  towards  making  street  car  transportation  in  the 
metr(>i)olis  decidedly  difficult,  the  service  rendered  the  public  in 
this  line  by  the  Love  Electric  Tiaction  Company  is  to-day  u)isurpassed. 
Yet  in  no  city  in  the  country,  prol)ably,  have  electric  car  companies  been 

subjected  to 


-1836.  W 


I'cabody,  Samuel  Carr.  H.  Waller  Webb,  and  (J.  W.  McNulty,  engineering 
director.  The  policy  of  this  coni])any  has  been  based  ui)on  the  i)rinciple 
that  it  is  more  imi)ortant  to  the  interests  of  this  company  that  its  conduit 
system  should  give  perfect  satisfaction  than  it  is  to  the  railroad  companies 
themselves,  and  wliere  an  electric  conduit  system  was  to  be  installed  it 
should  be  done  under  the  specifications,  plans  and  sui)ervision  of  this  com- 
pany, otherwise  each  road  would  have  changes  made  in  its  construction 
which  might  not  prove  satisfactory  and  the  electric  conduit  be  condemned. 
The  officers  of  this  company  fully  realize  that  no  nu)tor  has  any  value  to  a 
street  railway  company  unless  it  can  be  built  and  operated  days  in  the 
year  with  the  ordinary  labor  they  have  to  employ,  and  the  whole  effort  of 
this  company  has  been  to  come  on  the  market  with  such  a  system  thor- 
oughly developed,  liaving  only  the  best  officers  to  handle  its  affairs,  to 
have  an  engineering  department  consisting  of  the  most  competent  and  ex- 
jierienced  railway  engineers,  and  to  secure  tlie  railways  against  any  annoy- 
ance of  patent  litigation.  It  does  not  propose  to  do  any  work  that  will 
not  be  a  credit  to  the  street  railway  company  which  adopts  it,  and  to  show 
conclusively  that  it  not  only  has  a  successful  conduit  system,  but  also  is 
competent  to  properly  install  the  same.  This  company  has  its  electric 
conduit  system  in  operation  on  the  Capital  Tiaction  Company,  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  and  on  the  Third  Avenue  Railroad  Company's  Amsterdam 
Avenue  Line,  New  Y'ork,  and  its  success  has  been  demonstrated  in  every 
way.  How  the  company  has  since  ])nslied  its  works  needs  no  commenda- 
tory comment  in  these  i)ages,  the  substantial  character  of  its  work  being 
patent  to  every  New  Y'oiker,  proclaiming  that  the  Love  Electric  Tiaction 
Company,  in  spite  of  all  obstacles,  has  succeeded  in  constructing  the  "  ne 
plus  (iltra  "  of  railway  conduit  electric  systems  on  the  American  Continent, 
and  conferred  an  inestimable  boon  on  both  the  urban  and  suburban  popu- 
lation. This  company  is  prepared  to  submit  estimates  of  cost  and  to  con- 
struct and  thoroughly  equip  either  the  Love  Conduit  or  the  im])roved 
linda-Pesth  System,  the  latter  of  which  is  in  successful  operation  on  the 
Metropolitan  .Street  Railway,  Washington,  D.  C,  and  on  the  Lenox  and 
Lexington  Avenue  lines  in  New;  Y'ork  license  roads  to  operate  under  such 
patents  and  protect  against  costs  of  patent  litigation.  It  has  in  its  engi- 
neering department  the  best  railway,  mechanical  and  electrical  engineers. 
With  such  mastcr-linanciers  as  General  O.M.  Dodge,  president  of  the  Union 
Pacific,  Denver  and  Gulf  Railroad  ;  J.  Edward  .Simmons,  president  of  the 
Fourth  National  IJank.  New  York  :  Thomas  L.  .Tames,  pi'esident,  Lincoln 
National  Bank.  New  Y'ork:  H.  Walter  Webb,  third  vice-president.  New 
York  Central  Railroad;  .S.  Endicott  Peabod^  prcj^dent  American  Loan 
and  Trust  Association,  Boston,  Mass.;  Samuel  CariieilBcutor  Ames  estate, 
Boston;  Albert  (r.  Wheeler,  and  Geo.  W.  McNulty,  engineering  director, 
on  the  board  of  directors,  the  future  of  the  company  may  be  considered 
as  secure. 


4k  NEW  YORK- f  896.  91* 


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WILLIAM  F.  COXFORD,  Manufucturei  of  Firearms,  Nos.  41 
and  4;j  Centre  Street. — Altlioiioh  the  greatest  and  largest  lire- 
arms  mainifacturinj;  concerns  are  located  in  other  cities  than 
New  Vork,  yet  we  possess  several  houses  whose  reputation  is 
widespread  and 
of  a  high  char- 
acter. Promi- 
nent amen  g 
them  is  that  of 
Mr.  William  F. 
C'oxford.  This 
is  an  old  estab- 
lished concern, 
and  during  the 
many  years  of 
its  existence, 
has  always  been 
the  centre  of  a 
large  and  active 
trade.  It  was 
founded  origi- 
nally in  1S07  hy 
Mr.  B.  .S.  Moul- 
ton  to  whom 
the  present  pro- 
p  r  i  e  t  o  r  suc- 
ceeded in  1S74. 
Mr.  Coxford  is 
a  man  of  long 
practical  expe- 
rience in  this 
line  of  industry, 
and  brings  to 
hear  an  intri- 
cate acquaint- 
ance with  its 
every  feature 
and  b  r  a  n  c  h.  '«s 
LTnder  his  able 
mana  g  e  m  e  n  t 
t  li  e  enterprise 
h  a  s  grown  in 
importance  and 
the  extent  of  its 
trade  has  been 
much  enlarged. 


The  office  and  factory  occu])y  two  floors  having  an  area  of  h\  x  140  feet, 
and  are  well  ai)i)ointed  and  fitted  up  in  every  department.  The  works  are 
finely  etxuipjicd  with  all  the  necessary  machinery,  tools  and  appliances,  all 
of  perfected  make  and  jiattern  and  the  facilities  enjoyed  by  Mr.  f 'oxford 
are  of  the  best.  Amjile  steam  i)ower  is  provided  and  a  number  of  skilled 
workmen  are  employed.  All  kinds  of  firearms  arc  manufactured  to  order, 
mily  the  very  best  materials  being  used,  and  none  but  the  most  skilled 
labor  being  employed.  Guns,  pistols,  rifles,  levolvers,  etc.,  are  also  refin- 
ished,  transformed  and  repaired,  and  in  all  instances  jicrfect  satisfaction  is 
guaranteed,  while  the  prices  charged  are  extremely  moderate.  A  large 
trade  is  catered  to,  which  is  derived  i)rincipairy  from  New  Yoik,  I'ennsyl- 
vania,  New  Jersey  and  the  New  England  States.  In  January,  1896,  Mr. 
Coxford  was  appointed  trustee  for  aconcern  manufacturing  military  equip- 
ments and  leather  goods  of  every  description.  This  department  is  located 
on  the  fifth  floor  of  Nos.  41  and  43  Centre  Street,  with  warehouse  at  No. 
ll'J  Warren  Street,  where  a  full  line  of  aimy  sujiplies  are  stored.  Mr.  Cox- 
ford is  a  native  of  this  State,  and  has  his  residence  in  this  citj'.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  order;  also  of  the  famous  Old  Guard  of  this  city. 
He  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  having  served  in  the  New  Jersey  Infantry 
as  orderly  to  Col.  A.  C.  Wildrie  under  General  Giant.  He  was  engaged  at 
the  captures  of  Petersburg,  Ilicliinond  and  Fort  Stcadnian.  and  won  dis- 
tinction for  valor  and  merit. 


CROCKER  CHAIR  COJIPANY,  No.  .•)10  West30tli  Street.— This  com- 
pany manufacture  office,  library,  dining-room,  bedroom  and 
kitchen  chair.s — wood,  veneered  and  ui)holstered — and  turn  out 
six  hundred  different  styles.  They  make  chairs  in  plain  and 
fancy  designs,  and  their  goods  are  noted  for  general  excellence.  The  en- 
terprise had  inception  about  sixteen  years  ago,  and  from  the  start  has  been 
attended  with  eminent  success.  The  concern  is  organized  under  the  laws 
of  the  state  of  Wisconsin,  and  is  officered  as  follows:  W.  D.  ("rocker, 
president  ;  A.  D.  Crocker,  vice-president;  J.  D.  Stearns,  secretary;  R.  E. 
Crocker,  assistant-secretary,  and  W.  J.  Rietow,  treasurer.  Messrs.  W.  D. 
Crocker  and  W.  J.  Rietow  look  after  the  manufacturing  at  Sheboygan,  Wis., 
where  they  have  two  big  factories,  and  where  the  main  office  also  is  lo- 
cated :  and  Mr.  Stearns  takes  charge  of  the  company's  interests  in  this  city. 
Besides  the  New  York  house,  \\hich  supplies  the  eastern  trade,  they  have 
branches  also  at  Chicago  and  Minneapolis.  The  premises  occupied  by  them 
in  West  30th  Street,  this  city,  comprise  an  entire  .50  x  1.50  foot  five-story 
brick  building,  and  20  to  .30  of  a  staff  are  employed  here.  They  have  a 
sample-room  besides  in  the  New  York  Furniture  Exchange,  Industrial 
Building,  corner  43rd  Street  and  Lexington  Avenue,  and  show  a  full  line 
of  goods  there.  The  Crocker  Chair  Company  carry  an  extensive  and  com- 
plete stock  of  their  productions  in  this  city,  and  can  fill  orders  for  the  trade 
on  shortest  notice,  and  on  the  most  f  avorable  terms. 


154 


'It  NEW  YORK- 1896.  Jl» 


SAWYER  &  GILMAX,  Manufactuieis  of  Ladies',  Misses'  and  Chil- 
dren's Straw  and  Felt  (ioixis,  Xos.  247  and  24!)  Centre  and  167  to  171 
Elm  Streets;  Salesroom,  No.  7UG  Broadway. — The  production  of  straw 
goods  occupies  an  important  place  in  the  long  list  of  prominent  manu- 
facturing industries  that  have  reached  their  largest  growth  and  highest  de- 
velopment in  Xew  York,  and  has  invested  in  its  operations  immense  cash 
capital,  machinery,  cxjierience  and  enterprise.  A  prominent  firm  engaged 
in  this  line  is  that  of  Messis.  Sawyer  &  (iilman,  whose  factory  and  sales- 
rooms are  located  at  the  addresses  above.  This  firm  was  organized  seven 
years  ago  by  the  present  co-partners,  Messrs.  II.  F.  Sawyer  and  C.  W.  (Jil- 
man,  both  eneigctic,  experienced  business  men,  wlio  have  since  been  suc- 
cessful in  building  up  a  trade  that  extends  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States. 
For  the  purposes  of  business  the  firm  occui)y  spacious  quarters,  the  equij)- 
ment  including  steam  power  and  the  most  improved  machinery,  and  em- 
ployment is  found  for  one  hundred  and  lifty  experienced  hands.  Messrs. 
Sawyer  it  Oilman  are  manufacturers  of  straw  and  felt  hats  of  every,  de- 
scription, for  ladies',  misses'  and  children's  wear,  and  the  output  of  their 
factory  is  very  extensive.  They  are  constantly  introducing  new  styles 
upon  the  market  and  their  goods  are  all  of  the  best  class  of  workmanship. 
A  heavy  stock  is  carried  and  orders  from  the  trade  are  filled  at  prices  which 
allow  ample  margin  for  profit  to  the  buyer.  Both  gentlemen  are  natives  of 
Maine,  but  reside  here,  and  are  popular  members  of  the  F.  and  A.  M. 

VAX  ORDEX  CORSET  COMPAXY,  Xo.s.  127  to  133  Fourth  Avenue; 
Retail  Parlors,  Xos.  921  and  923  Broadway.— Of  the  innumerable 
makes  of  corsets  with  which  the  market  has  been  flooded,  that 
manufactured  by  the  Van  Ordeii  Corset  Company  is  especially 
fitted  to  support  and  improve  the  form,  so  that  no  lady  need  fear  that  she 
is  violating  some  mysterious  law  of  health  by  wearing  them  from  youth  to 
age.  Although  not  the  lowest  in  price,  in  the  end  they  aie  the  most  eco- 
nomical, and  at  the  same  time  the  most  satisfactory  and  the  mo.st  in 
accord  with  the  requirements  of  science  and  the  beautiful  in  art.  They 
are  boned  with  Aluminoid,  which  has  been  invented,  patented  and  is  used 
solely  by  the  Van  Orden  Corset  Com])any.  It  is  far  su])erior  to  genuine 
whalebone  and  warranted  never  to  rust.  Ladies  who  have  suffered  from 
broken  stays  and  worthless  cording  will  api)reciate  this.  The  Van  Orden 
corset  has  now  been  on  the  market  for  some  seventeen  years,  and  has 
received  the  highest  awards  wherever  exhibited,  including  two  medals  at 
the  World's  Columbian  Exposition  in  189:5.  It  is  manufactured  exclusively 
by  the  Van  Orden  Corset  Company  and  sold  only  through  the  medium  of 
lady  agents  and  at  their  parlors  in  Broadway,  where  ladies  will  find  com- 
petent fitters  in  attendance.  It  is  made  in  various  sizes,  shapes  and  styles, 
is  a  shoulder  and  skirt-supporting  corset,  and  is  designed  as  an  aid  to 


nature  in  the  beautiful  development  of  a  graceful  figure,  and  in  its  con- 
struction it  is  graduated  from  top  to  bottom  in  accordance  with  the 
anatomy  of  the  human  form,  so  that  the  most  delicate  woman  can  wear  it. 
This  company  also  manufactures  drfess  shields,  pads,  and  ladies'  improved 
secuiity  belts,  and  their  trade  extends  all  over  the  country. 

MREISCIIMAXX  &  SOXS,  Manufacturers  of  Fine  Furniture,  Xos. 
3(12-372  Second  Avenue,  Corner  of  21st  Street.— This  house  was 
^  founiled  in  1803  by  Michael  Rei.schmann  and  Adam  Wendling, 
and  in  1884,  on  the  death  of  the  latter,  Mr.  Reischmann  became 
sole  proprietor,  and  later  on  his  sons,  Messrs.  George  M.,  John,  Henry  and 
Frank,  were  admitted  to  ])artnership  under  the  present  firm-title.  All  five 
gentlemen  are  favorably  known  in  business  circles,  and  enjoy  the  good  will 
of  the  entire  furniture  trade.  Their  goods  are  sold  all  over  the  United 
States  and  shipped  abroad,  the  firm  being  one  of  the  largest  exporters  in 
the  trade,  and  enjoy  an  excellent  reputation  wherever  known.  They  manu- 
facture extension,  saloon,  dining  and  patent  tables,  china  cabinets,  book 
cases  and  library  tables,  and  make  a  particular  specialty  of  sideboards. 
The  extensive  premises  occupied  for  factory  purposes  are  equijjped  with 
all  necessary  tools  and  appliances,  and  employment  is  afforded  sixty  expe- 
rienced workmen.  We  commend  this  house  to  the  trade,  not  only  on  ac- 
count of  the  superior  quality  of  its  output,  but  for  the  method,  liberality, 
and  fair  dealing  upon  which  its  business  is  conducted,  and  which  is  sure  to 
result  in  pleasant  and  profitable  relations  to  those  who  command  its  ser- 
vices. 


K AYE  &  EIXSTEIX,  Importers  and  Manufacturers  of  Furs,  No.  11 
Washington  Place. — Established  in  1889,  this  firm  has  successfully 
met  the  requirements  of  the  best  class  of  trade.  Its  efforts  met 
with  quick  response  in  the  acquirement  of  an  extensive  and  in- 
fluential patronage  among  the  most  discriminating  buyers  of  furs,  and  its 
trade  has  been  extended  in  every  direction,  until  it  now  has  customers  all 
over  the  United  States,  whose  number  is  increasing  every  year.  The  co- 
l)artners  in  the  firm  aie  Mi'.  Chailes  Kaye  and  Mr.  Moses  Einstein  ;  the 
first-named  gentleman  is  a  native  of  Germany,  while  Mr.  Einstein  is  a  born 
Americau,  and  both  are  residents  of  Xew  York  City.  They  are  practical 
furriers  and  experts  in  the  selection  of  fine  goods  fot  the  best  trade. 
They  make  a  specialty  of  fine  seal  and  other Jiigli  grade  furs  and  handle 
the  finest  Hue  of  imported  furs  to  be  found  in  ttie  metropolis.  The  factory 
and  warerooms  now  occupy  four  floors,  each  2.")  x  100  feet  in  area,  and 
give  employment  in  the  season  to  150  hands,  all  of  whom  arc  experts  in 
the  handling  of  furs. 


NEW  YORK-t8S6.  !► 


155 


GLATNER  &  HYMAN,  Tailors  and  Importers,  No.  744  Broadway, 
Corner  Astor  Place. — This  business  was  establislied  in  1850  by 
Mr.  Guttenberg.  In  1880  Mr.  Samuel  Glatner  of  the  present  lirm 
succeeded  and  conducted  the  business  alone  until  January,  1894, 
when  he  formed  the  present  partnership  with  Mr.  Mike  Ifynian,  under  the 
firm  style  now  in  use.  With  the  prestige  of  a  successful  career,  now  ap- 
proacliin<f  the  close  of  a  full  half  century  of  prosperity,  the  business  con- 
ducted by  this  firm  easily  takes  a  foremost  rank,  and  is  steadily  increasing 
as  the  result  of  good  business  management  and  the  most  careful  attention 
to  the  requirements  of  the  best  class  of  metropolitan  trade.  The  firm  makes 
a  specialty  of  imported  fabrics,  importing  direct  the  latest  English  and 
French  patterns,  in  the  selection  of  which  it  has  no  superior  iu  the  trade, 
its  facilities  being  such  that  it  is  enabled  to  offer  its  patrons  the  choice  of 
many  exclusive  patterns  in  seasonable  goods.  The  store,  which  is  centrally 
located  and  convenient  to  the  great  business  district,  occupies  the  ground 
floor,  30  X  .50  feet  in  area,  where  may  be  seen  one  of  the  finest  lines  of  im- 
ported fabrics  displayed  in  New  York.  Only  the  best  workmen  are  em- 
ployed, and  in  material,  style  and  fit  every  garment  turned  out  is  in  every 
way  perfect,  while  the  prices  are  as  low  as  is  consistent  with  finest  work- 
manship. Koth  members  of  the  firm  are  well  known  in  this  city,  and  prom- 
inent in  many  ways.  Mr.  Glatner  is  a  native  of  Austria,  and  has  resided  in 
New  York  for  many  years,  and  is  an  artist  in  his  line.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  American  Legion  of  Honor,  the  Free  Sons  of  Israel  and  the  F.  it  A.  M. 
Mr.  Hyman,  who  is  still  a  young  man,  is  a  native  and  resident  of  the  me- 
tropolis,one  of  tlie  governors  of  the  Progress  Club,  as  well  as  a  member  of 
the  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  several  social  organizations. 

POWHATAN  CLAY  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Richmond, 
Manufacturers  of  Cream  White  Brick,  Mohawk  Building,  No.  100 
Fifth  Avenue. — This  office  was  opened  here  in  the  s])ring  of  1800. 
and  is  under  the  management  of  Mr.  F.  H.  S.  Morrison,  who  sup- 
plies contractors  in  this  city  and  vicinity.  The  company  are  manufactur- 
ers of  cream  white  front  brick  of  the  highest  grade;  also,  all  styles  and 
shapes  of  bricks,  plain,  lock-faced,  beveled  and  all  standard  shapes.  The 
Cream  White  bricks  are  made  by  the  stiff-mud  process,  are  hand  pressed, 
and  burned  in  down-draft  kilns.  The  material  is  natural  white  clay.  They 
contain  no  kaolin  or  chemicals,  and  therefore  will  not  discolor  when  ex- 
posed to  atmospheric  influences.  One  million  were  used  in  the  construc- 
tion of  the  new-  .TeSfeuson  Hotel,  at  Richmond,  Va.;  while  they  were  also 
used  in  the  .Siegel-Cooper  building,  Sixth  Avenue  and  18th  and  19th  Streets; 
Fire  Department  Headqu<lrters,  Elm  Street;  office  building,  Broadway  and 
Howard  Street;  store,  Nos.  704  and  706  Broadway ;  and  elsewhere  in  this  city. 
They  are  noted  for  their  density,  strength,  superior  finish  and  purity  of 
color.    Mr.  Morrison,  the  sales  agent,  is  thoroughly  experienced  in  this 


line,  a  member  of  the  Building  Material  Club  of  New  York,  and  the  National 
Builders'  Exchange  of  Baltimore,  and  a  young  man  of  tried  ability  and 
sterling  worth. 

PETER  TOSTEVIN'S  SONS,  Builders,  Kennedy  Building.  No.  289 
Fourth  Avenue. — This  business  was  founded  sometime  in  the 
forties,  by  Mr.  Peter  Tostevin,  who  died  in  1880,  when  his  sons, 
Messrs.  Henry  M.  and  Peter  L.  P.  Tostevin,  succeeded  to  the  con- 
trol under  the  present  style.  They  are  popular  and  able  business  men,  as 
well  as  expert  mason  builders,  and  have  won  an  enviable  reputation  for  the 
excellence  of  their  work,  having  completed  the  largest  contracts  with 
the  greatest  credit  to  themselves.  Among  the  more  prominent  buildings 
erected  by  them  may  be  named  the  Holfman  House.  Young  Men's  Institute, 
ou  the  Bowery,  Arnheim  building,  Broadway  and  9th  Stieet;  Mercantile 
building,  Grand  and  Elm  Streets  ;  Baudouine  building,  Broadway  and  28th 
Street  ;  storage  warehouse  for  the  Third  Avenue  R.  R.,  at  129th  and  130tli 
Streets,  Third  and  Lexington  Avenues  ;  besides  many  residences  and  other 
structures  in  different  parts  of  tlie  city.  This  firm  adhere  rigidly  to  every 
detail  of  specifications,  and  are  noted  for  executing  all  work  within  the 
stipulated  time.  Mr.  Henry  M.  Tostevin  resides  in  Arverne,  L.  I.,  and  Mr. 
Peter  L.  P.  Tostevin  is  a  resident  of  Orange,  N.  J.  The  former  is  vice- 
president,  and  the  latter  treasurer,  of  The  Doeliring  Fire  Proof  Construc- 
tion Company  ;  and  both  are  members  of  the  Building  Trades  Club,  the 
Mechanics'  and  Traders*  Exchange,  and  the  Mason  and  Builders  Associa- 
tion. 


EDDOWES  BROS.,  Photographic  Studio,  (Elevator  Entrance  Through 
Riker's  Drug  Store),  Nos.  353  to  355  Sixth  Avenue,  Corner  22nd 
Street.— This  firm  was  organized  in  1891,  the  co-partners  bringing 
thoi-ough  experience  to  exercise  in  their  management  of  affair.s. 
Messrs.  R.  T.  and  W.  Eddowes  were  for  a  number  of  years  connected  with 
the  establishment  of  Fredericks,  the  Broadway  photographer,  and  while 
there  secured  a  perfect  knowledge  of  the  art  of  obtaining  the  highest  per- 
fection in  photographic  art  work.  They  execute  photography  in  all  its 
branches,  including  reproductions,  enlargements,  etc.,  also  work  in  pastels, 
crayon,  oil  and  water  colors,  and  India  ink.  Their  studio  is  admirably 
lighted  and  furnished  with  all  appliances  and  facilities,  including  the  most 
improved  photographic  apparatus,  and  employment  is  found  for  a  staff  of 
competent  assistants.  The  firm  furnish  first-class  imperials  for  from  $3.00 
to  $0.00  per  dozen,  the  photos  being  of  superlative  excellence.  The  Messrs. 
Eddowes  are  natives  of  New  Jersey,  Mr.  R.  T.  Eddowes  residing  in 
Bayonne,  and  his  brother  in  Newark. 


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GUSTAV  SCHOCK,  Union  Machine  and  iMillwriglit  Works,  Nos. 
:!41  and  ;i43  East  "jWtli  Street. — Tliese  works  were  originally  estab- 
lished in  187")  l>,v  Messrs.  Killin<;  and  Schock,  the  present  proprie- 
tor succeeding-  to  sole  control  in  1890.  The  present  works  were 
built  in  18'J3,  and  comprise  five  floors,  HO  x  100  feet  each,  equipped  witll 
new  and  most  imjjrovcd  machinery,  and  anii)le  steam  power,  and  employ- 
ment is  given  therein  to  from  thirty  to  forty  skilled  hands.  Mr.  Schock, 
who  makes  a  si)ecialty  of  the  entire  outtitting  of  breweries,  is  an  inventor 
and  i)at('ntee  of  wide  reputation,  whose  productions  are  celebrated  as  the 
embodiment  of  genius  and  utility  and  the  perfection  of  mechanism.  G. 
Schock's  Malt  Mill  with  Explosive  Preventer  is  the  most  effective,  safest 
and  neatest  designed  malt  mill  of  the  age.  The  Explosion  Preventer,  now 
operating  in  thirty-two  breweries,  works  automatically  and  with  perfec- 
tion, .lournal  boxes,  oscillating  both  ways,  prevents  them  from  running 
hot.  The  Magnetic  Separator  with  feed  regulator  is  of  the  simplest  and 
most  effective  construction.  G.  Schock's  Original  Patent  Self-Acting  and 
Quarter  Turn  barrel  wash  machines  have  a  world-wide  reputation  and  are 
preferred  to  all  other  makes  wherever  introduced.  (J.  Schock's  Patent  Mash 
Machine,  with  grain  remover,  perfoims  its  work  so  thoroughly  as  to  give 
better  results  than  any  other.  A  masher  with  propeller  in  combination 
set  fiom  outside  in  such  an  angle  as  by  stirring  up  it  throws  the  mash  at 
the  same  time  toward  centre  and  contra  versa,  gives  a  more  equal  tempera- 
ture in  the  mash.  The  machinery  bearing  the  imprint  of  this  house  is  per- 
fect and  exact  in  every  detail  in  construction  and  operation,  and  is  in 
heavy  and  intiuential  demand  in  all  parts  of  the  country.  Orders  are  filled 
without  delay,  and  illustrated  circulars  are  mailed  on  application. 

WM.  II.  JEXKS.  C(jiitractor,  Dock,  Hridgc  and  Shed  Builder,  and 
Dredger,  Hanover  Square  Building,  Nos.  130  and  1:32  Pearl 
Street. — This  is  the  oldest  business  of  the  kind  in  the  city, 
having  been  founded  in  1832,  by  Elijah  Jenks,  who  gave  place 
to  his  son.  Stephen  A.  Jenks,  and  on  the  death  of  the  latter,  his  brother, 
the  iirescnt  jjroprietor,  succeeded  to  the  control.  He  possesses  every  facil- 
ity for  the  prompt  construction  of  docks,  bridges,  piers,  sheds,  Tbufkheads, 
trestle  work,  foundation  piles  and  all  harbor  imjjrovements,  and  his  ser- 
vices are  in  constant  and  important  request  in  New  YoiTc  Harbor  and  vicin- 
ity, and  on  Long  Island  Sound.  He  built  Pier  20,  East  River,  for  the 
Mallory  Steamship  Line;  Fulton  Fish  Market,  for  the  Fulton  Fishmongers' 
Association;  and  is  now  engaged  on  extensive  dock  repairs  for  private 
parties.  Mr.  Jenks  has  made  the  building  and  reconstruction  of  docks  and 
bridges  a  special  study,  and  is  prepared  at  all  times  to  furnish  plans  and 
estimates  and  enter  into  contracts  of  any  magnitude  in  this  line.  He  is  a 
native  of  New  York  f'ity.  a  resident  of  Brooklyn,  and  was  trained  in  this 
branch  of  industry  from  his  early  youth. 


TMAHONEY  &  SONS,  Builders,  No.  1.56  Fifth  Avenue,  Corner 
2Uth  Street. — The  business  so  successfully  conducted  by  this  firm 
^  was  originally  established  in  1880  by  Mahoney  &  Watson,  who  were 
succeeded  in  April,  1804,  by  Mr.  T.  Mahoney,  and  in  1895  the 
present  fiim  was  organized.  The  high  reputation  they  enjoy  has  been 
secured  ui)on  the  legitimate  basis  of  superiority  of  work  and  the  substan- 
tial elegance  of  all  construction.  Strictly  high-class  work  is  their  specialty, 
while  they  promjitly  fill  all  commissions  in  the  building  line,  and  their 
.services  are  mostly  engaged  upon  large  contracts  in  this  city  and  vicinity. 
They  are  universally  recognized  as  authority  upon  all  matters  pertaining 
to  modern  architecture,  and  have  erected  many  elaborate  and  costly 
structures  in  New  York  and  adjoining  cities.  These  include  public  build- 
ings, churches,  theatres,  private  mansions,  apartment  houses,  business 
blocks,  dwellings,  etc.  They  are  actuated  by  a  laudable  s])irit  of  enter- 
prise and  an  ambition  to  excel,  and  aie  noted  for  producing  the  finest  i)Ossi- 
ble  effect  in  all  their  work.  The  partners  exercise  a  personal  sujiervision 
over  all  contracts,  and  make  a  point  of  fulfilling  the  same  at  the  time 
agreed  upon  and  within  the  limits  of  the  terms  specified.  Orders  by  tele- 
phone "1(177  18th  Street,"  receive  immediate  personal  attention,  and  i)rices 
are  placed  at  the  lowest  i)oint  of  moderation.  Estimates  and  plans  arc  sub- 
mitted on  application,  and  a  large  staff  of  assistants  and  skilled  workmen 
is  employed  the  year  round.  Mr.  T.  Mahoney,  the  honored  head  of  the 
firm,  was  born  in  Ireland,  emigrating  early  in  life  to  this  country,  and  set- 
tling in  New  York,  where  he  has  long  been  known  as  a  useful  and  sub- 
stantial citizen  and  representative  business  man.  The  sons,  Messrs. 
James  P.  and  John  F.  Mahmiey.  are  New  Yorkers  born  and  bred,  and  com- 
bine their  vigor  and  ability  with  the  vipe  exjierience  of  their  father  to 
form  a  house  that  is  a  tower  of  strength  to  the  building  industry  in  the 
metropolis. 

Dr..  FLEMING,  Currier.  No.  08  Gold  Street.— This  gentleman  was 
born  ii>  Scotland  and  came  to  the  United  States  twenty-seven 
^  yoais  ago.  He  has  since  become  a  thorough  American  citizen, 
zealous  and  public-spirited,  and  for  the  past  fourteen  years  has 
represented  the  Board  of  Education  in  the  Fourth  Ward.  He  is  a  thor- 
oughly practical  currier  and  "dons  the  apron"  in  working  with  and  as- 
sisting the  operations  of  his  employees.  The  premises  occupied  consist  of 
a  five-story  and  basement  building,  fully  equipped  for  all  the  purposes  of 
the  business.  A  force  of  skilled  hands  is  employed  and  the  goods  manu- 
factured include  fine  harness  backs,  black  and  russet  bridle,  stained  rein, 
•buffed  hand  part,  breeching  loop,  horse  boot,  strap  tanned  weight  harness, 
russet  hog  skins,  black  and  white,  wool  skins  and  Scotch  bazils.  The 
trade  of  th(!  house  extends  to  all  sections  of  the  country,  and  Mr.  I'^leming 
is  prepared  to  meet  all  orders  upon  the  most  liberal  terms. 


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He.  -MAKDOX,  Architectuial  and  General  Wood  Carver,  Modeler, 
Designer,  Etc.,  No.  21(i  Ea.st  .')7tli  Street. — This  <;entleman  is  a 
^  thoronj^h  artist  in  all  branches  of  his  business,  and  possesse.s  a 
wide  range  of  practical  experience.  He  established  business  on 
his  own  account 
in  1891,  and  by 
devotinfi  his  cn- 
tire  attention 
to  the  most 
c  r  i  t  i  c  a  1  de- 
mands of  his 
patrons  a  n  d 
producinif  the 
very  highest 
grade  of  work 
he  soon  built 
up  a  very  large 
and  prosperous 
trade,  derived 
])  r  i  n  c  i  p  a  1 1  y 
f  r  o  ni  among 
our  leading 
architects, 
building  <;  o  n- 
tractors  a  n  d 
property 
owners,  which 
is  constantly  in- 
creasing, 'i'he 
l)remises  util- 
ized are  amply 
spacious  a  n  d 
c  o  m  m  o  dious, 
and  comprise 
an  entire  floor, 
50  X  SO  feet  in 
d  i  m  e  n  s  i  o  ns, 
which  is  fully 
equipped  with 
ample  steam 
l)ower,  and  the 
latest  improved 
si>ecial  tools, 
machinery  and 
appliances  for 
turning    on  t 


first-class  work,  and  steady  employment  is  furnished  a  full  force  of  highly 
skilled  artisans  and  mechanics,  whose  operations  are  conducted  under  the 
personal  supervision  of  the  proprietor.  The  range  of  products  embraces 
everything  in  the  line  of  artistic  architectural  and  general  wood  carving, 
for  interior  and  exterior  decorating  of  buildings  of  all  kinds,  also  modeling 
and  designing  for  the  trade.  He  also  manufactures  plaster,  papier  mache 
and  composition  decorations,  and  makes  models  for  bronze,  wood,  brass, 
stone,  etc.,  in  the  most  artistic  manner;  a  specialty  being  made  of  fine 
work  for  architects,  builders,  etc.  Drawings,  designs  and  estimates  are 
furni.shed  when  desired,  and  contracts  of  any  magnitude  are  entered  into 
and  executed  promptly  and  satisfactorily  at  the  very  lowest  prices.  Mr. 
Mardon  superintended  the  wood  carving  in  the  Waldorf  and  the  New 
Netherlands  Hotels  for  John  Downy,  which  were  two  of  the  most  expensive 
jobs  in  the  city. 


S PERRY  FLOUR  COMPANY,  No.  20  Desbrosses  Street.— Grain  is  the 
basis  for  innumerable  food  products.  There  is  a  food  preparation 
which  has  been  long  and  favorably  known  on  the  Pacific  Coast, 
the  introduction  of  which  in  the  East  is  of  compaiatively  recent 
date,  which  seems  to  be  entitled  to  the  name  of  "  The  King  of  Breakfast 
Dishes."  Its  use  is  by  no  means  confined  to  the  first  meal  of  the  day,  as  it 
is  available  for  health-bread,  tea-biscuits,  cookies,  j)uddings,  is  an  excel- 
lent baby  food,  and  enters  into  the  composition  of  many  delicate  dishes 
and  desserts.  It  is  called  "  Geumea  "  and  is  prepared  from  the  finest 
California  wheat,  which  is  acknowledged  in  the  markets  of  the  United 
.States  and  Europe  as  the  finest  in  the  world.  The  name  is  descriptive,  as 
"  (Icimca"  is  composed  chiefly  of  the  germ  or  seed  of  the  grain,  a  portion 
(if  the  wheat,  that,  although  most  nutritious  and  easily  digested,  has  for 
ages  been  run  into  "middlings."  In  the  preparation  of  this  food  the  ker- 
nel is  stripped  of  the  skin  and  the  more  digestible  outer  surface  of  the 
grain  by  machinery  which  is  a  marvel  of  mechanical  and  scientific  ingenu- 
ity, and  the  germ  with  the  glutinous  portion  of  the  wheat  is  granulated 
and  formed  into  Germea.  Good  things  are  not  always  cheap.  Germea  has 
the  advantage  of  cheapness  and  merit  combined.  A  cupful  of  Germea  is 
sufficient  to  make  a  breakfast  for  six  people,  and  costs  three  cents.  If 
you  have  anything  else  for  breakfast  and  only  want  an  ordinary  portion  for 
each  person,  three  cents  will  supply  enough  Germea  for  a  dozen.  Germea 
is  essentially  a  health  food  ;  upon  it  physicians  rely  with  absolute  certainty. 
It  is  delicate,  delicious,  healthful,  nutritious  and  most  easily  digested. 
Germea  is  prepared  by  the  Sperry  Flour  Company,  of  San  Francisco,  Cal., 
one  of  tlie  largest  flour  companies  in  the  world.  It  has  a  paid  up  cai)ital 
of  ^;6, 000,000,  conti-oUing  fifteen  flour  mills  throughout  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia. John  T.  Cutting  &  Co.  are  the  Eastern  agents  for  Sperry  Flour 
Company. 


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XEBEL  it  BROS.,  Importers,  Manufacturers  and  Kepairers  of 
Violins,  Bows,  Striiiijs.  No.  Third  Avenue,  Between  90th 

and  01st  Streets.— This  firm  was  organized  six  years  ago,  the 
partners  being  Messrs.  M.  and  K.  Xebel,  who  had  arrived  in 
this  country  but  a  sliort  time  before.  They  are  natives  of  Germany,  and 
Jearned  the  art  of  violin  making  iu  prominent  establishments  in  the 

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by  them  with  scientific  accuracy,  and  their  violins  are  unsurpassed  in  tone 
and  workmanship.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  Messrs.  Xebel  are  com- 
modious, excellently  fitted  up,  and  eiiuipped  with  every  facility  for  the 
prosecution  of  the  business  upon  the  most  approved  basis,  and  a  staff  of 
competent  assistants  is  emjiloyed.  The  trade  is  a  first-class  one  and 
extends  all  over  the  United  States.  A  large  stock  is  kept  on  hand,  includ- 
ing, beside  the  firnvs  own  products,  a  fine  line  of  Cremona,  Stradaverius, 
Amatis  and  ntlier  famous  violins,  also  a  full  assortment  of  bows  and  the 
best  prepared  Italian  strings.  The  prices  are  placed  upon  the  lowest  pos- 
sible basis,  and  all  goods  bought  from  the  Messrs.  Xebel  may  be  depended 
upon  to  be  as  represented, 

JH.  LEVIXE,  Manufacturer  of  Pictures  and  Frames.  X'o.  100  Walker 
Street. — This  concern  has  been  located  at  this  address  since  its 
^  original  establishment  eight  years  ago.  Bred  to  this  occupation, 
Mr,  Levine,  who  came  from  Germany  to  this  city  in  his  boyhood, 
is  thoroughly  acquainted  with  its  details,  as  well  as  with  the  requirements 
of  the  trade,  and  the  tastes  of  the  public  who  are  its  patrons.  At  his  work- 
shop, which  occupies  a  floor  27  x  90  feet  in  dimensions,  he  employs  ten 
men,  and  the  product  of  the  concern  is  both  extensive  and  significant. 
Mr.  Levine  does  a  wholesale  trade  in  picture  frames  that  covers  the  whole 
United  States,  his  facilities  being  such  as  to  enable  him  to  quote  prices  to 
dealers  at  figures  not  often  competed  against.  Being  a  business  man, 
•with  a  spirit  of  enterprise  tempered  by  foresight,  he  is  extending  his  busi- 
ness year  by  year,  on  secure  lines,  and  is  gradually  working  his  way  to- 
wards a  foremost  rank  in  the  trade.  Already  some  of  the  largest  furnitur* 
houses  in  the  country  are  his  steady  customers,  and  the  list  is  increasing. 
He  makes  frames  to  order,  also,  and  prices  will  be  forwarded  on  applica- 
tion. 


FKOBEKLEIX,  Moulding  Cutter  Maker;  Manufacturer  of  all  Kinds 
of  Moulding  Variety,  and  Bent  Cutters,  Solid  Milled  Tongue 
^  Groove  and  Beading  Tools,  Etc.,  Xo.  508  West  24th  Street,  Be- 
teen  Tenth  and  Eleventh  Avenues. — One  of  the  representative 
industrial  institutions  of  the  nietroi)olis  is  that  conducted  by  Mr.  F,  Kober- 
lein,  the  well-known  moulding  cutter  maker.  This  gentleman  established 
business  here  in  1880,  and  has  become  widely  and  deservedly  prominent  as 
a  manufacturer  of  all  kinds  of  moulding  variety  and  bent  cutters,  solid 
milled  tongue  groove  and  beading  tools,  blanks  of  all  sizes,  planing  knives, 
etc.  Paying  special  attention  to  the  excellence  of  his  goods,  he  has 
devoted  himself  with  ardor  to  the  production  of  a  class  of  tools  which 
should  not  only  vie  in  excellence  with  both  domestic  and  imported  goods, 
but  should,  wherever  introduced  and  tested,  be  i)referred  by  the  user  to 
any  other  similar  productions.  That  he  has  succeeded  in  this  endeavor 
there  is  no  longer  any  doubt,  as  the  superiority  attained  in  his  specialties 
is  such  as  to  liave  created  a  heavy  and  increasing  demand  from  all  parts  of 
the  United  States.  Planing  mill  proi)rietors,  wood  workers  and  dealers 
everywhere  unite  in  their  praise.  These  goods  are  guaranteed  to  be  flaw- 
less in  every  respect,  and  their  quality  can  be  implicitly  relied  upon,  A 
splendid  stock  is  carried  at  all  times,  including  bevel  steel  for  variety  cut- 
ters, and  the  latest  improved  moulding  cutters  and  beading  tools,  and  or- 
ders of  whatever  magnitude  are  filled  on  the  most  favorable  terms.  Mr. 
Koberlein  is  a  native  Xew  Yorker,  an  expert  and  practical  machinist  and 
toolmaker,  and  a  young  man  of  tried  ability,  sterling  enterprise  and  high 
repute. 


JAME.S  FITCH,  Marble  and  Granite  Works,  Xos.  223  and  22b  East  .34tli 
Street,  Between  Second  and  Third  Avenues. —  At  these  works  may 
be  found  ready  made  a  large  variety  of  designs  in  monujuents  and 
head  stones,  which  evince  a  combination  of  artistic  taste  and  practi- 
cal skill  rarely  seen  in  domestic  manufactures  of  the  kind.  Mr.  Fitch 
established  his  business  here  in  18";!,  and  transacts  a  general  business  in 
marble  and  granite  monumental  work.  In  both  memorial  designs,  ideal 
and  realistic  carving,  and  in  the  selection  of  materials,  he  ranks  second  to 
none  in  his  line  in  the  city,  and  his  work  finds  marked  appreciation  in 
every  cemetery  hereabouts.  In  the  selection  of  the  requisite  stone,  Mr. 
Fitch  possesses  every  qualification,  and  the  public  recognize  his  judgment 
as  unerring.  Orders  are  filled  promptly  on  the  most  favorable  terms,  and 
a  specialty  is  made  of  highly-polished  granite  work,  which  is  recognized  as 
the  standard  monumental  work  for  future  use,  and  which  is  fully  appre- 
ciated by  the  foremost  Jewish  people  of  X'ew  York,  to  whom  two-thirds  of 
Mr.  Fitch's  work  is  supplied,  Mr.  Fitch  is  a  native  of  Troy,  X,  Y,.  in  the 
active  prime  of  life,  a  member  of  the  Xew  York  Marble  Industrial  Associ- 
ation, and  a  reliable  and  popular  business  man. 


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EC.  FULLER  &  CO.,  Dealers  in  Bookbinders'  and  Printers'  Ma- 
chinery, Xo.  28  Reade  Street.— The  leadinj;  source  of  supply  in 
,    the  metropolis  for  bookbinders'  and  printeis"  machinery  is  the 
establishment  of  K.  C.  Fullev  &  Co    This  firm  is  famous  tlirouKli- 
out  the  world  as  manufacturers'  agents  and  dealer's  in  lirst-class  ma- 
chinery, and  are  especially  proiuiueut  as  the  sole  selling  agents  for  the 

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Conn.,  book 
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Company,  Xew 
York,  manu- 
f,->c  t  u  r  e  r  s  of 
automatic 
pa  p  e  r  feeding 
machines  for 
ruling  ma- 
chines, folding 
machines  a  n  d 
p  r  i  n  ting 
])resses.  They 
are  also  dealers 
in  a  full  and 
complete    1  i  ne 
of  the  best  ma- 
chinery used 
by  bookbinders 
a  n  d  printers; 
their  aim  being 
to  handle  noth- 


ing but  the  best  and  latest  improved,  and  they  have  become  famous  by 
adhering  strictly  to  this  rule.  They  also  cany  a  full  line  of  machinery  sup- 
plies and  machine  parts.  The  business  was  f<junded  in  ISS:).  by  Montague 
&  Fuller,  and  in  October.  1894,  Mr.  E.  C.  Fuller  purchased  Mr.  Montague's 
interest  in  the  tirni  and  succeeded  to  the  business,  which  has  since  been 
conducted  under  the  present  name  and  style.  The  New  York  office  and 
spacious  warerooms  are  located  as  above,  where  a  splendid  stock  of  their 
specialties  as  well  as  other  machinery  is  carried,  the  machines  biindled 
by  this  firm  being  recognized  by  book  manufacturers  as  the  best  that  cai. 
be  procured.  Their  yearly  sales  are  enormous,  and  they  have  equipped 
nearly  every  large  plant  and  many  of  the  smaller  ones  in  the  I'nited  .States 
and  Canada  with  their  machinery.  Where  the  sale  of  a  machine  is  con- 
trolled solely  by  this  firm,  the  price  is  always  the  manufacturer's  lowest 
cash  price,  and  .is  uniform  to  all.  Tliis  principle  has  given  the  purchaser 
great  confidence  in  dealing  with  this  firm.  The  Chicago  branch  of  the  firm 
Ts  located  in  the  Fisher  building.  Xos.  279  to  28.5  Dearborn  Street.  Mr. 
Fullei-  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth,  a  well-known  citizen  of  New  York, 
president  and  general  manager  of  the  Economic  Machine  Company,  and  an 
expert,  progressive  and  reliable  business  man. 


s 


R.  DROESCHER,  Importer  of  Razor  Hones,  Cutlery  and  Hardware 
Specialties,  No.  Warren  Street.— This  gentleman  is  prominent 
as  an  importer  of  razor  hones,  cutlery  and  hardware  specialties, 
*  and  established  his  business  here  in  189:^,  originally  locating  at 
No.  .58  Warren  Street  and  removing  to  his  present  site  in  August,  1896. 
He  has  been  engaged  in  Hiis  line  all  his  life,  and  po.ssesses  .special  qualifi- 
cations for  the  .systematic  and  successful  conduct  of  the  business  in  all  its 
branches.  He  is  a  direct  im)iorter  from  all  parts  of  Europe,  and  is  espe- 
cially prominent  in  the  trade  as  agent  for  such  well-known  houses  as 
Greene  &  Greene,  manufacturers  of  cutlery,  Sheffield.  Eng.;  Chas.  Bauman 
&  Co..  manufacturers  of  razors.  Solingen.  Germany;  and  handles  the  best 
makes  of  razors,  razor  hones,  scissors,  pocket  knives  and  German.  French 
and  Swedish  hardware  specialties.  These  goods  are  warranted  equal  to 
any  made  in  this  country  or  abroad,  being  manufactured  from  the  best 
cast  steel  and  free  from  flaws;  while  the  razors  are  superfine  in  material 
and  workmanship,  full  concaved,  hollow  ground  and  plain.  Dealers  are 
supplied  to  the  full  extent  of  their  wants  at  short  notice  and  on  the  most 
favorable  terms.  Mr.  Droescher  is  a  native  of  Germany,  who  came  to  this 
country  in  1881.  and  was  in  the  houses  of  Markt  &  Co..  and  .\lfred  Field  * 
Co..  and  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Gelfe  &  Droescher,  iirevious  to  starting 
his  present  business. 


1C2 


4f  NEW 


SAMUEL  HOLMES'  .STE.VM.Sllir  OFFICES,  For  Selling,  Cliaiteiing 
Uuildiiig  all  Classes  of  Steam  Vessels;  Agent  for  the  Saginaw 
Steel  Steanisliip  Conii)any,  Morris  Building,  Nos.  GO  and  68  I3road 
Street. — 'i'liis  business  was  established  by  Mr.  Holmes  eighteen  years 
ago.  lie  owns 
extensive  inter- 
ests in  vessels, 
and  is  engaged 
in  a  large  de- 
gree in  buying, 
selling,  charter- 
ing, freighting 
and  insu  r  i  n  g 
steam  vessels  of 
all  classes,  his 
business  rela- 
tions with  the 
West  Indies, 
Central  Amer- 
ica, and  South 
America  being 
especially  sig- 
n  i  fi  c  an  t.  At 
the  above 
address  he  oc- 
cupies a  suite 
of  handsomely 
appointed  offi- 
ces, a  n  d  e  m  - 
ploys  a  corps  of 
competent 
clerks.  Mr. 
Holmes  is  also 
the  general 
agent  of  the 
Saginaw  Steel 
.Steamship 
Company, 
whose  ve.ssels, 
the  "Macki- 
naw," 3,."^0  0 
tons,  and  the 
"  Washtenaw,  " 
4,500  tons,  ply 
between  Ta- 
coma,  Washing- 


1896.  W 


ton,  and  San  Francisco.  They  are  engaged  in  the  American  coasting  trade, 
and  were  built  for  carrying  coal,  lumber,  cotton,  iron,  sugar  and  general 
cargoes.  The  company  was  organized  by  Mr.  Holmes  and  his  friends  in 
1S!)1,  under  the  title  of  the  Saginaw  Steel  Steamship  Company,  and  under 
the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $.5.50,000,  and 
two  large  steel  steamships  were  built  and  sent  around  for  service  on  the 
Pacific.  During  the  past  eighteen  years  Mr.  Holmes  put  the  first  steam- 
ship into  the  West  Indies  banana  trade,  which  has  now  grown  to  such  large 
proportions.  He  instituted  the  time  chartering  of  Norwegian  steamers  in 
this  trade,  which  has  resulted  in  about  sixty  to  one  hundred  steamshijis 
being  employed  in  this  trade  annually  on  time  charter.  Mr.  Holmes  has 
sold  steam  vessels  to  and  for  the  account  of  most  of  our  large  steamship 
and  railroad  companies  on  the  Atlantic,  Gulf  and  Pacific  coasts;  also  to 
the  most  important  purchasers  in  Canada,  West  Indies,  Mexico,  Central 
and  South  America,  and  Samuel  Holmes'  Steamship  Offices,  for  selling, 
chartering,  and  building  steam  vessels  of  all  classes,  are  known  the  length 
and  breadth  of  the  land.  Mr.  Holmes  issues  a  steam  vessel  circular  of 
several  pages,  containing  a  list  of  steam  vessels  of  all  classes  for  sale.  lie 
also  issues  weekly  circulars  of  Time  and  General  Steamship  Chartering. 


HE  KEX  FIRE  EXTINGUISHER  COMPANY,  No.  72  Duane  Street. 
— This  company,  whose  factory  is  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  are  sole  manu- 
facturers of  "Rex"  chemical  engines,  celebrated  hand  fire  extin- 


guishers, and  fire  alarm  systems;  also  fire  department  supplies. 
The  company  was  organized  in  189.5,  under  the  laws  of  New  York,  and  with 
Jas.  W.  Clark,  president;  W.  R.  Lyon,  treasurer  and  secretary.  The 
"  Rex"  Fire  Extinguisher  is  made  of  cojiper,  plain  or  nickel-plated,  and  in 
one  size  only,  holding  three  gallons.  The  "Rex"  engine  on  wheels  holds 
two  thirty-gallon  cylinders,  one  of  which  can  be  charged  while  the  other  is 
being  discharged.  It  is  sold  at  one-half  the  price  charged  for  any  other 
machine.  The  "  Rex"  is  the  only  chemical  fire  extinguisher  that  cannot 
get  out  of  order.  There  are  no  valves  or  stop  cocks  to  corrode,  no  com- 
pressed air  to  escape,  and  it  is  always  ready  for  instant  use.  The  chemical 
composition  with  which  it  is  charged  is  of  such  a  nature  that  fire  cannot 
possibly  exist  in  its  i)resence,  and  its  effect  is  instantaneous;  yet  it  is 
harmless  to  flesh  or  fabric.  The  underwriters  and  fire  insurance  compan- 
ies have  interested  themselves  in  the  "  Rex  "  and  declare  it  to  be  the  most 
modern,  effectual  and  simple  of  any  extinguisher  ever  invented.  It  has 
been  adopted  in  preference  to  all  others  by  the  superintendents  of  the  New 
York  State  Hospitals,  which  covers  .all  state  institutions,  hospitals, 
prisons,  asylums,  soldiers'  homes  and  normal  schools.  The  American 
Biscuit  and  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Chicago,  have  ordered  880 
machines;  the  State  Industrial  School  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  420  machines;  the 
Manhattan  Hospital,  of  New  York,  1,000  machines;  the  St.  Lawrence  State 
Hospital  at  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y.,  180  machines;  while  they  have  been 


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adopted  by  the-  American  Mahufactuiin<i  Company,  of  Brooklyn;  the  Pope 
Manufacturing  Company,  of  Boston  and  Hartford;  and  others  all  over  tlic 
country  Testimonials,  price  lists  and  all  information  sent  on  application. 
Messrs.  Clark  and  Lyon  give  their  personal  supervision  to  the  business 
here  in  N"ew  York,  and  are  thoroughly  experienced  and  reliable  in  meeting 
all  demands  of  the  trade. 


Thk  Nassau  Smei.tixc  and  Refixixg  Works. 


HE  NASSAU  SMELTING  AND  KEFININC  WORKS.  P..  Lowen- 
steiii  <fe  Bro.,  Proprietors,  Manufacturers  of  Soldei-,  Linotype, 
Electro,  Stereotyjie.  Babbitt  Metal,  Ingot   Brass,  Spelter,  Etc., 


Dealers  and  Importers  of  Metals,  Foot  of  2Sth  Street,  North  River. 
— The  manufacture  of  solder,  linotype,  babbitt  metal,  ingot  brass  and  kin- 
dred specialties,  and  the  importation  of  metals  is  we]]  represented  in  the 
metropolis  by  the  Nassau  Smelting  and  Refining  Works,  of  which  Messrs. 
B.  Lov?enstein  &  Brother  are  the  proprietors.  These  works  have  recently 
been  removed  to  the  new  building  at  the  above  address,  which  is  one  of 
the  finest  in  the  country  devoted  to  this  line  of  trade,  occupying  17,000 


square  feet,  built  of  brick,  two  stories  in  height,  and  equipped  with  all 
modern  improvements,  and  handsomely  appointed  offices.  They  were  es- 
tablished in  1S84,  by  Mr.  B.  Lowensteiu,  and  in  1887  Mr.  M.  Lowenstein 
was  admitted  to  partnership,  as  B.  Lowenstein  &  Bro.,  who  are  the  present 
proprietors.  The  Messrs.  Lowenstein  operate  eight  furnaces  and  manufac- 
ture a  full  line  of  solder,  linotype,  electro,  stereotype,  bal)l)itt  metal,  ingot 
brass,  spelter,  etc.  These  specialties  are  all  noted  for  their  thoiougli  and 
substantial  make,  the  material  being  selected  with  care,  and  every  finished 
article  inspected  with  a  scrutiny  that  never  fails  to  detect  imperfections, 
however  small.  This  has  served  to  make  the  work  of  this  establishment 
distinguished  for  its  general  superiority  and  its  excellent  adaptation  to  all 
I)urposes  to  which  it  can  be  devoted.  Orders  are  constantly  received  from 
all  parts  of  the  Union  and  arc  given  prompt  and  perfect  fulfillment  at 
terms  and  jirices  which  are  rarely,  if  ever,  duplicated  elsewhere.  As  ini- 
])orters  and  dealers  in  metals  of  every  description,  this  firm  is  no  less 
l)ri)niiiient,  and  its  sales  of  goods  to  the  amount  of  .'SI,. ')00,()00  per  year 
shows  how  highly  the  product  is  regarded  by  manufacturers  who  require 
the  best.  The  Messrs.  Lowenstein  are  natives  of  Germany,  and  young 
men  of  large  practical  experience,  expert  technical  knowledge  and  steilin' 
enteri)rise,  who  are  worthy  of  the  largest  measure  of  success. 

THE  AUTOMATIC  TAP  AND  FAITCET  CO.MPANY,  Edward  Mat- 
thews, Agent,  No.  "dS  West  22d  Street.— One  of  the  most  impor- 
tant inventions  among  the  many  which  affect  the  great  brewing 
interests  of  the  country  is  the  automatic  tap  and  faucet,  by  the 
use  of  which  ale  and  beer  may  be  tapped  with  the  least  trouble,  and  with, 
out  any  waste  whatever,  and  is  securely  sealed.  Lender  the  old  method  of 
tapping  ale  and  beer  there  was  always  considerable  risk,  the  work  was  of 
considerable  difficulty,  and  waste  was  unavoidable.  By  the  use  of  this 
device  all  this  is  done  away  with,  and  it  is  endorsed  by  the  leading  bi  ewers 
all  over  the  United  States.  In  New  York  and  vicinity  its  use  is  alnio.st 
general  and  it  has  been  adopted  and  is  used  by  the  prominent  brewers  of 
the  country  to  the  exclusion  of  all  other  taps— its  superiority  being  uni- 
versally admitted.  The  invention  was  patented  in  1880,  and  is  manufac- 
tured exclusively  by  the  Automatic  Tap  and  Fancet  Comjiany,  at  Fort 
Edward,  New  York.  Mr.  Edward  Matthews  is  the  sales  agent  for  New 
York  and  vicinity,  and  has,  through  liis  acquaintance  with  all  the  leading 
brewers,  built  up  a  large  trade,  the  aggregate  of  sales  in  the  metropolitan 
district  being  the  largest  anywhere.  The  virtue  of  this  tap  is  thoroughly 
acknowledged  by  the  leading  beer  brewers  in  the  country.  It  closes 
automatically  and  retains  the  gas  in  the  cask  when  empty,  thus  keeping  it 
sweet. 


4  NEW  YORK-t8d6.  »^ 


THE  WESTKltLY  GRANITE  COMPANY,  Builders  of  Fine  Momi- 
int'iit.s,  Muusoleiinis  and  Tonil)s,  Westerly,  I'l.  I.;  New  York  Office, 
No.  lloo  Broadway. — The  desire  to  erect  some  memorial  to  per- 
petuate the  memory  of  the  dead,  is  a  sentiment  so  primitive  and 
so  universal  as  to  be  considered  almost  a  natural  instinct.  The  rude  heap 
of  stones, — the  P'fjyi'tian  pyramids, — the  royal  monuments  of  the  proudest 
of  earth's  kings,  the  modest  headstone,  and  the  finest  and  most  elaborate 
monuments  of  modern  times,  all  bear  token  of  the  same  spirit, — the  desire 
to  give  to  the  dead  all  that  can  be  given,  the  tribute  of  remembrance.  As 
the  world  has  advanced  in  civilization  and  art,  this  sentiment  has  grown 
until,  when  circumstances  will  permit,  the  erection  of  some  kind  of  me- 


mechanical  and  artistic  results  arc  made  possible  that  represent  a  long 
stride  towards  the  perfection  that  it  is  the  aim  of  every  important  indus- 
try to  attain.  Close  economy  and  attention  to  detail  with  improved 
methods  of  manufacturing  makes  it  possible  to  furnish  material  and  work- 
manship of  the  highest  cpiality  at  prices  that  must  be  a  revelation  to  those 
who  do  not  appreciate  the  crude  conditions  under  which  the  majority  la- 
bor whose  business  it  is  to  supply  wants  of  those  seeking  memorials.  The 
gentlemen  interested  in  the  Westerly  (iranite  Company  are  men  of  means 
and  long  experience,  and  fully  alive  to  the  needs  and  requirements  of  the 
times.  With  almost  unlimited  facilities,  and  with  jiractical  and  expe- 
rienced men  in  charge  of  the  ditlcreut  departments  the  most  satisfactory 


^IVlAUSOLEUMS^i,! 


morial,  its  size  and  stylo  governed  by  taste  and  means,  is  considered  a.  sa- 
cred duty,  .\bove  all  other  materials  granite  is  eminently  adapted  for  work 
which  must  be  exposed  to  the  weather,  on  account  of  its  beauty  of  appear- 
ance and  its  power  of  withstanding  climatic  changes,  and  preserving  its 
beauty  unmarred  by  time.  To-day,  the  finest  monuments  and  the  most 
perfect  statuary  are  cut  from  it,  and  jieople  of  the  most  artistic  taste  unite 
in  their  preference  for  this  material.  The  rajiid  increase  in  the  demand 
for  granite  has  attracted  the  attention  of  capitalists  to  the  growing  impor- 
tance and  magnitude  of  the  interests  involved,  representing  as  it  does  so 
large  a  factor  in  the  promotion  of  tlie  nation's  material  wealth  and  pros- 
perity. The  union  of  capital  and  exi>erience  produces  its  legitimate  results 
in  improved  business  methods,  and  by  large  and  judicious  expenditures, 


results  are  nssured,  and  with  a  large  corps  of  talented  and  capable  draughts- 
men, artistic  results  are  an  absolute  certainty.  In  all  cemeteries  examples 
maybe  seen  of  success  and  failures,  but  each  demonstrates  the  necessity  of 
using  only  the  best  material,  and  seeing  that  the  best  and  most  improved 
method  of  construction  be  adopted,  and  that  the  execution  of  the  work  be 
thorough  and  complete.  Nearly  all  of  the  most  beautiful  and  costly  monu- 
ments which  grace  our  principal  cemeteries  were  erected  during  the  life- 
time of  their  owners.  Life  is  uncertain,  and  the  work  once  done  the  last 
resting-place  is  safe  from  the  mutations  of  fickle  fortune.  "  Whatever  yon 
would  have  done  well,  do  it  yourself,"  is  an  old  adage  but  one  that  proves 
its  wisdom  the  more  we  apply  it. 


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JC.  FRENCH  &  SOX,  Manufacturers  of  Vault  ami  Sidewalk  Li.silits, 
No.  "7  Variek  Street,  P'our  Doors  Nortli  of  Canal  Street.— Tliis 
^  representative  iiouse  was  founded  in  1S74,  l)y  Mr.  J.  (;.  French,  and 
in  1S7()  the  present  firm  was  organized  by  tlic  admission  of  Mr. 
George  K. 
French  to  part- 
nership. 'I'his 
firm  have  won 
wide  distinc- 
tion in  th  e  i  r 
si)ecial  field  of 
labor,  and  have 
nianufact  u  r  e  d 
a  n  d  attached 
V  a  u  1 1,  r  o  o  f, 
sidewalk,  floor, 
and  roof  liijhts 
to  larire  build- 
ings in  this  and 
other  cities 
throughout  the 
Union.  Their 
leading  special- 
ties in  lights 
embrace  t  h  e 
"  Plain  E  y  e- 
b  r  o  w  ' '  til  e, 
which  is 
a  d  a  p  t  e  d  t  o 
lough  usage, 
CO  n  s  t  r  u  c  t  c  d 
jn  a  i  n  1  y  f  o  r 
w  a  r  e  h  o  u  s  es, 
and  wholesale 
b  u  i  1  dings, 
made  up  with 
one  and  one- 
half  inch 
lenses,  a  n  d 
noted  for  its 
cleanliness  and 
durablility;  the 

"Smooth  Surface"  tile,  made  up  with  an  elastic  cement  that  yields  to 
the  expansion  of  the  gla.ss,  ensuring  safety  and  permanence;  the  "  Roi)ed 
Eyebrow"  and  "  Koof  Light"  tiles,  which  have  a  much  larger  glass  sur- 


^^^^^ 


face  to  the  square  foot  than  any  other  pressed  glass  tile  manufactured. 
This  firm  also  holds  valuable  patents  on  operators  for  trap  doors,  which  are 
in  great  and  growing  demand  and  give  entire  satisfaction  wherever  used. 
The  trade  of  the  house  is  esi)ecially  large  and  influential  throughout  the 
Eastern  States,  and  important  work  has  been  executed  by  this  firm  through- 
out all  parts  of  this  section.  Mr.  J.  C.  French  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire, 
a  resident  of  Brooklyn,  and  honored  and  esteemed  for  his  genius  as  an  in- 
ventor and  his  enterprise  and  skill  as  a  manufacturer.  Mr.  (ieorge  E. 
French  was  born  in  Maine,  and  resides  in  Jersey  City.  H(!  combines  his 
energy  and  vigor  with  the  ripe  experience  of  his  father  to  form  a  house 
that  is  a  tower  of  strength  in  the  building  wor 


EST.  OF  A.  J.  CAMPBELL,  F.  A.  Howell,  Manager,  Fire  Proofed 
Woodwork,  Nos.  553  to  5.57  West  o3rd  Street— The  progress  of 
the  arts  and  methods  of  the  building  trade  has  been  marked  by 
many  radical  changes  and  improvements,  but  by  none  of  greater 
importance  as  regards  safety  and  protection  from  fire  than  the  introduc- 
tion of  the  Kalameined  sheet  iron  clad  woodwork.  This  was  the  invention 
of  Mr.  A.  J.  Campbell,  who  began  its  manufacture  in  1873.  Since  his 
death  in  December,  1894,  the  business  has  been  continued  by  his  estate. 
Iron-clad  woodwoik  is  made  without  changing  the  appearance  from  that 
of  ordinary  woodwork,  as  no  person  can  distinguish  the  surfaces  from 
wood  when  painted.  Wood,  when  covered  with  Kalameined  sheet  iron 
by  Mr.  Campbell's  ])rocess,  cannot  ignite,  nor  is  it  liable  to  chafing, 
scarring  or  abrasion  like  ordinary  woodwork.  The  wood  will  not  expand 
or  contract  through  changes  in  the  weather,  because  it  is  hermetically 
sealed  against  the  action  of  the  atmosphere,  as  well  as  against  flames, 
while  it  is  a  perfect  protection  against  fire.  It  does  not  scale  or  crack  in 
bending.  It  resists  acids,  atmospheric  exposure  and  flames.  It  is  so 
smooth  and  perfect  when  finished  and  painted  that  it  has  the  appearance 
of  woodwork.  It  is  as  indestructible  as  any  material  used  in  any  building, 
and  the  windows  never  "  stick."  The  proprietors  have  a  large  ])lant  now 
employed  in  making  Kalameined  sheet  iron-covered  window  frames,  sashes, 
doors  and  shutters,  of  which  they  are  the  only  manufacturers.  This  is  a 
new  branch  of  their  works,  and  they  are  prepared  to  make  contracts  for 
this  work  at  low  figures.  Specimens  of  this  work  can  be  seen  on  the  new 
Criminal  Court  House,  the  new  Fire  Department  Building,  the  Potter 
Building,  the  New  York  Insurance  Company's  addition,  the  Lichtenstein 
,  Building,  University  Building,  on  University  Place,  and  in  many  institu- 
tions among  others  in  this  city;  while  its  use  is  rapidly  increasing  through- 
out the  country.  Mr.  F.  A.  Howell,  the  manager  for  the  estate,  has  been 
with  the  house  since  the  start  in  1883.  He  is  thoroughly  informed  as  to  all 
the  details  of  the  business  <ind  the  requirements  of  the  trade,  and  a  gentle- 
man with  whom  it  is  always  a  pleasure  to  deal. 


4f  NEW 


CHRIS.  ABELE,  Millwright  and  Machinist,  Sole  Manufacturer  of 
Abele's  Pat.  Mills  and  Roasting  Machinery.  Xo.  .537  West  .50th 
Street.— This  gentleman  has  been  established  in  business  since 
ISSO,  and  early  achieved  an  enviable  record  as  an  inventor  of 
genius  and  a  skilled  and  expert  millwright  and  manufacturer.    He  is  a 
constrni  tor  and  contiactor  for  mills  f or  tiour,  f eed,  spice,  chocolate,  plaster, 

paint,  malt,  ce- 

'■  .  m  e  n  t,   d  r  u  g  s, 

mustard  and 
t)  t  h  e  r  e  s  t  a  b- 
lishments  ;  also 
sliafting,  hang- 
ers, pulleys, 
gearing,  bolting 
•md  sifting  ma- 
chines, elevators, 
('inveyors,  etc.; 
^\  liile  special 
and  original 
m  a  c  h  i  n  ery  for 
crushing,  grind- 
ing and  pulveriz- 
ing is  put  up  at 
short  not  ice. 
These  mills  are 
I  if  the  most  valu- 
:i ')  1  e  character, 
possessing  im- 
provements of 
the  most  original 
kind,  which  ren- 
der them  unap- 
[i  r  o  a  c  h  ed  and 
u  n  approachable. 
Mr.  Abele  pos- 
sesses many  con- 
V  i  n  c  i  n  g  testi- 
monials as  to  the 
supei  iority  of  his 
mills  and  machin- 
ery, which  are  so 
rapidly  super- 
seding all  other  makes,  and  they  are  in  heavy  and  increasing  demand 
throughout  the  United  States,  the  West  Indies,  South  America  and  Mexico. 
He  has  lately  added  the  manufacture  of  print  rollers  for  wall  paper  manu- 


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facturers  and  is  now  working  on  a  machine  for  picking  hops.  Mr.  Abele 
was  born  in  Germany,  and  came  to  this  country  in  ISOS.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  American  Institute  and  various  German  clubs  and  societies,  <md  re- 
tains the  confidence  and  esteem  of  industrial  and  mercantile  circles. 

WD.  ADAMS,  Contracting  Engineer,  No.  138  Prince  Street.— 
Among  the  prominent  professional  men  of  the  metropolis  who 
^  have  attained  to  an  enviable  position  of  success  by  their  merits 
and  talents,  the  name  of  Mr.  W.  D.  Adams,  the  well-known 
contracting  engineer,  holds  a  conspicuous  place.  This  gentleman  has  an  ex- 
perience of  thirty-tive  years  as  an  engineer.  He  enters  into  contracts  for 
operating  and  taking  entire  charge  of  electric  and  steam  plants  by  the  year, 
and  also  takes  full  care  of  office  and  manufacturing  building.s.  He  now 
has  charge  of  four  large  plants  hi  this  city,  which  he  visits  and  thoroughly 
inspects  every  day,  and  employs  only  expert  and  reliable  mechanics,  who 
are  competent  to  rei)air  any  damages  or  breakage  of  machinery,  so  that 
owners  who  place  their  plants  in  care  of  Mr.  Adams  are  never  bothered  by 
incompetent  and  unreliable  men.  Mr.  Adams  is  the  inventor  of  the  Adams 
System  for  the  Prevention  of  Smoke  in  burning  bituminous  coal  and  shav- 
ings under  steam  boilers,  which  can  be  seen  in  successful  operation  at  No. 
13S  Prince  Street.  This  system  was  first  introduced  a  year  ago.  and  the 
many  heartj' commendations  bestowed  upon  it  by  corporations,  firms  and 
individuals  whose  impartiality  is  unquestionable,  should  be  sufficient  to 
set  at  rest  any  doubt  that  may  exist  in  the  minds  of  prospective  users, 
owing  to  theii-  previous  experiences  with  so-called  smoke  consumers  that 
proved  either  inoperative  or  too  troublesome  to  use.  Estimates  and  refer- 
ences are  promptly  furnished  on  application.  Mr.  Adams  is  a  New  Yorker 
by  birth  and  training,  a  member  of  the  New  York  Stationary  Engineers' 
Society,  and  endowed  with  a  genius  for  invention  and  an  ambition  to  excel. 

STANDARD  RUBBER  COMP.\NY.  Manufacturers  of  Horn,  Itubber 
.and  Metal  Novelties,  Nos.  177  and  17'.t  Grand  Street,  near  Mulberry 
Street.— This  business  was  established  about  ten  years  ago  by  Mr. 
M.  Levi,  and  as  he  brought  to  exercise  in  its  management  thorough 
experience,  and  a  full  stock  of  energy,  push  and  ability,  he  gradually  won 
his  way  to  his  present  favorable  recognition  by  the  trade;  his  patrons  con- 
tinued to  increase  in  numbers,  and  to-day  his  goods  are  shipped  to  all 
parts  of  the  United  States.  A  most  creditable  showing,  truly,  and  one 
that  reflects  the  utmost  credit  upon  him  and  his  equitable  business 
methods.  The  premises  occupied  by  Mr.  Levi  are  of  large  proportions, 
and  are  equipped  with  the  most  improved  steam  power  machinery.  Em- 
ployment is  given  a  force  of  skilled  hands,  and  the  goods  made  here  in- 
clude all  kinds  of  horn,  rubber  and  metal  novelties,  rubber  ornaments, 
animals"  heads,  hair,  shawl  and  scarf  pins,  ornamental  combs,  etc.  The 
output  is  a  large  one  and  the  goods  of  superior  quality. 


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MAXHATTAX  SOAP  COMPANY,  Nos.  550  and  552  West  I'Mth 
Street. — The  goods  maiuifactured  by  this  company  are  main- 
tained at  a  uniformly  high  standard,  are  conceded  to  be  the  ne 
plus  ultra  of  toilet-soaps,  and  command  distinct  recognition  in 


all  parts  of  the  country.  Only  carefully  selected.  i>erfei  tly  iiif])ared.  and 
choice  ingredients  are  used  in  their  manufacture,  while  the  various  proc- 
esses are  conducted  according  to  an  exact  formula,  under  the  immediate  su- 
pervision of  experienced  chemists.    These  soaps  are  all  highly  meritorious 


pieparations  from  a  sanitary  standpoint;  not  only  are  they  absolutely  free 
from  all  deleterious  substances,  but  they  possess  properties  which  commend 
them  to  general  use  as  the  best  jjreparations  that  can  be  aj)plied  to  the  skin. 
The  Manhattan  .Soap  Company  was  founded  in  18H1  by  its  present  projirietor, 
Mr.  Frank  (i.  Burke,  and  under  his  al)le  and  intelligent  management  a  large 
trade  has  been  built  up,  principally  throughout  Xew  Vork,  New  Jersey, 
Pennsylvania  and  the  New  England  and  Western  States.  The  works  occupy 
six  floors,  comprising  40, (WO  square  feet,  and  have  an  output  of  CO,OW) 
pounds  a  day.  The  plant  is  thoroughly  equipped  with  a  costly  and  elaborate 
outfit  of  machinery  and  appliances,  and  a  large  number  of  hands  are  em- 
ployed in  the  various  departments.  The  prices  quoted  to  the  jobbing  trade 
are  notably  low,  quality  of  goods  considered,  and  the  most  liberal  terms  are 
offered,  the  company,  with  its  large  resources,  excei)tional  facilities,  and 
fine  connections,  being  manifestly  in  a  position  to  offer  substantial  induce- 
ments. Mr.  Burke  was  born  in  Cleveland,  O.,  and  resided  for  many  years  in 
Texas.  He  is  a  progressive,  energetic  young  business  man,  and  highl" 
regarded  for  the  honorable  methods  which  govern  all  his  transactions. 

KUMBEKGEK,  CLEMENTS  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  the  Vreeland 
Gas  Engines.  Elevators  and  General  Machinery,  Xos.  272-4  West 
Broadway,  Opposite  Lispenard  Street. — The  latest  great  impiove- 
mcnt  of  this  progressive  age  is  found  in  the  Vreeland  gas  engines, 
manufactured  exclusively  by  the  firm  of  Kuniberger,  Clements  &  Co.,  lo- 
cated as  above.  While  the  gas  engine  has  been  before  the  public  for  a 
number  of  years,  yet  in  its  crude,  original  form  it  has  been  open  to  many 
serious  objections.  Many  inventors  have  tried  their  hands  at  effecting 
improvements,  but  it  has  remained  for  the  firm  of  Kumberger,  Clements  & 
Co.  to  revolutionize  the  gas  engine,  and  to  introduce  into  it  such  marked 
changes  and  improvements  as  to  ])ractically  render  it  a  new  invention 
lifted  upon  the  highest  plane  of  engineering  skill,  scientifically  perfect, 
and  standing  without  its  equal  to-day,  as  a  compact,  perfect,  handy  and 
economical  source  of  power.  Mr.  Herman  .J.  Kuniberger,  Mr.  Joseph  H. 
Clements,  and  Mr.  Geo.  V.  C.  Vreeland  formed  the  present  firm  on  January 
1st,  1896,  and  acquired  all  the  patents  covering  the  Vreeland  gas  engine, 
with  sole  right  to  manufacture  and  sell  same.  These  gentlemen  bring  to 
bear  special  qualifications  for  the  carrying  on  of  this  business;  Mr.  Kum- 
berger being  formerly  of  JefTers  &  Kumberger,  who  were  leading  agents 
for  the  sale  of  gas  engines  in  this  city,  while  prior  to  that  he  was  with  the 
Otto  Gas  Engine  Company.  He  has  been  actively  identified  with  the  gas 
engine  business  for  the  past  seventeen  years,  while  be  is  a  practical  me- 
chanical engineer.  Mr.  Clements  is  a  practical  business  man,  having 
charge  of  the  office  and  sales  department;  while  Mv.  Vreeland  is  a  practical 
machinist  of  fifteen  j'ears'  valuable  experience  in  leading  shojis,  and  has 
developed  a  marked  degree  of  inventive  ability,  sufficiently  evidenced  in 
the  new  and  improved  "  Vreeland  "  gas  engine.  The  firm's  works  are  situ- 
ated in  Newark,  N.  J.,  and  are  fully  equipped  with  modern  tools  and 
appliances,  thus  affording  them  every  facility  for  doing  the  finest  kind  of 


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work.  The  "  Vieelaiid "  is  an  entirely  new  type  of  cii<;ine.  It  is  the 
cheapest  power  on  earth,  tlie  simplest  to  handle,  at  all  times  automat- 
ically regulated  and  under  perfect  control,  having  an  entirely  new  method 
oi  governing,  wliile  it  is  the  only  gas  engine  in  existence  that  has  a  free 
water  circulation  clear  around  the  cylinder  and  valve  seals  keeping  these 
parts  at  a  uniform  temperature.  The  "  Vreeland  "  is  built  on  the  straight 
line  principle, — of  the  greatest  value  and  advantage  to  a  gas  engine — while 
it  has  a  perfect  automatic  oiling  device,  for  lubricating  (cylinder  and  other 
parts.  These  engines  are  built  of  the  very  best  materials,  with  elaborate 
workmanship  throughout,  and  the  firm  guarantee  the  actual  horse  jiower 
claimed,  amount  of  gas  consumed,  and  general  efficiency  and  durability. 
They  build  all  sizes  from  two  up  to  tifty-horse  power,  they  being  adapted 
to  all  the  work  a  steam  engine  can  perform  at  a  tithe  of  the  cost.  The 
"  Vreeland "  needs  no  engineer;  theie  is  no  dangerous  boiler,  no  dirty 
coal  and  ashes,  no  annoying  heat  and  steam.  It  can  be  started  up  full 
speed  instantly,  and  when  you  turn  off  the  gas,  all  exjjense  ceases.  The 
'•  Vreeland  "  is  the  best  engine  for  city  shops,  to  run  elevators,  do  pumping 
and  hoisting,  to  run  electric  light  plants,  and  in  fact  any  service  steam 
power  can  do.  It  is  very  com))aet,  and  affords  the  complete  solution  of 
the  power  question.  Messrs.  Kuniberger,  Clements  &  Co.  also  build  ele- 
vators and  machinery  generally,  and  command  special  facilities.  One  of 
their  gas  engines  can  he  seen  in  operation  in  their  West  Broadway  sales- 
rooms, where  gas  engine  supplies  are  always  kept  on  hand.  They  also 
make  a  specialty  of  repairing  gas  engines.  'J'lie  tlrni  is  thorougldy  respon- 
sible, prompt  and  honorable  in  all  its  dealings  and  has  before  it  a  bright 
future  for  the  development  of  a  large  and  profitable  trade. 

ZIMMERMAN-CASTLE  WHEEL  COMPANY,  Iligb-tirade  Cycles, 
Metropolitan  Building,  SSth  Street  and  Western  Boulevard. — The 
name  of  "  Ziinmernian  is  talismanic  in  cycling  circles.  .\s  the 
champion  hicyclistof  the  world,  Jlr.  A.  A.  Zimmerman  is  too  well  and 
widely  known  to  re<iuirc  special  mention  here,  but  it  will  be  of  special  in- 
terest to  the  iiublic  to  learn  of  his  new  departure,  as  the  president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Zimmerman-Castle  Wheel  Comjiany,  which  was  organ- 
ized May  1st,  ISiHi,  as  successor  to  the  Castle  Wheel  Company,  with  sjiecial 
facilities  at  command  for  the  manufacture  of  high-grade  bic^ycles,  having  a 
large  and  perfectly  e(iuip])ed  factory  at  Freehold,  N.  .1.,  which  is  under 
the  direct  superintendence  of  Mr.  Zimmerman,  while  Mr.  II.  D.  Castle,  as 
secretary  and  treasurer,  is  in  charge  of  the  New  York  office  and  salesrooms, 
and  is  most  favorably  known  throughout  the  cycling  world,  as  an  expert 
authority  on  all  that  concerns  wheels.  Mr.  Zimmerman's  personal  sujier- 
intendence  insures  to  buyers  of  "  Zimmy  "  bicycles  that  they  are  getting  the 
most  perfect  wheel,  a)id  the  best  value  for  their  money  of  any  on  the  mar- 
ket. We  will  lirielly  outline  the  i)oints  of  tlii!  "Zimmy  "  cycles:  the  sjjrockets 
are  drop  forged,  very  light  and  strong,  of  correct  pitch,  and  have  the  most 


perfect  detachable  crank,  and  one  that  lias  been  extensively  imitated. 
Cranks  are  of  best  twisted  steel,  absolutely  unbreakable.  The  crank  bearing 
is  the  most  eltective  and  easiest  adjusted  of  any,  while  i  inch  balls  are  used, 
the  proper  size.  Kundtz  reinforced  linger  joint  rims,  and  the  celebrated  Al- 
bert Eadie  chains  with  patent  connecting  link  are  exclusively  used.  Best 
quality  of  cold  drawn  seamless  tubing;  dust  proof  bearings  of  Jcssop's  spe- 
cial tool  steel;  Vim,  Strauss  or  Morgan  &  Wright  tires,  with  fork  crown, 
double  plate,  and  the  frames  either  22,  24  or  26-iiich,  indicate  the  perfection 
of  these  wheels.  Their  finish  is  most  elaborate.  All  the  nickel  work  is  first 
carefully  j)olished,  then  heavily  coi)pered  and  finally  heavily  nickeled,  se- 
curing a  lasting,  brilliant  surface.  The  enameling  is  three-coat  work, 
thoroughly  baked  and  hand  jiolished,  while  every  wheel  is  richly  gold  lined. 
These  wheels  are  to  be  had  in  the  standard  styles  of  the  regular  roadster, 
the  "Zimmy  light  roadster,"  weight  22  pounds;  the  •'Zimmy"  racer, 
weight  18  pounds;  and  "Zimmy"  lady's  wheel,  weight  2."!  iiounds,  and  the 
price  is  fixed  at  $100,  decidedly  moderate,  when  one  considers  the  excel- 
lence of  materials  and  perfection  of  workmanship.  Tandem  and  combina- 
tion tandem  wheels  of  highest  grade  are  also  built  at  a  uniform  price  of 
$150  each.  No  wheels  leave  the  shop  until  Mr.  Zimmerman  has  tested  their 
merits  and  found  them  up  to  the  company's  high  standard.  In  1S90  they 
sold  upwards  of  10,000  bicycles,  and  with  little  or  no  advertising,  for  those 
who  are  riding  them  have  carried  the  good  news  to  their  friends,  that  here 
at  last  is  "  the  perfect  wheel,"  light  and  running  easily,  yet  of  marvelous 
strength  and  durability,  giving  universal  satisfaction,  and  sure  to  reflect 
credit  upon  the  gentlemen  at  the  head  of  this  prosperous  com])any. 

MADISON  LAUNDltY,  L.  Marbe  &  Bro.,  No.  1021  Third  Avciiue.-- 
Aii  eminently  representative  house  engaged  in  this  business  in 
this  great  city,  which  has  acquired  a  most  excellent  reputation 
for  high-class  work,  promiit  service  and  liberal  business  methods, 
is  that  known  as  the  Madison  Laundry,  Messrs.  L.  Marbe  &  Bro.,  ])roiirie- 
tors,  with  main  office  at  above  address.  The  individual  members  of  the 
firm  are  Messrs.  L.  and  W.  Marbe,  both  well  known  in  this  city,  who 
established  this  business  in  1884,  and  have  built  u])  a  first-class  patronage, 
which  covers  a  large  portion  of  the  finest  residential  sections  of  the  city. 
The  premises  utilized  are  very  spacious,  and  comprise  four  entire  floors 
and  basement,  each  2.'')xl00  feet  in  size.  They  are  fully  equipped  with 
ample  steam  power,  and  the  latest  improved  special  niacliinery.  A  full 
fdice  of  skilled  hands  is  employed,  and  the  work  turned  out  is  of  the  very 
highest  finish,  and  all  orders  are  executed  promptly.  A  specialty  is  made 
of  fine  ladies'  and  gents'  apparel,  and  lace  curtains.  Branch  offices  are  at 
Nos.  2;!0  Fourth  Avenue,  2021  Lexington  Avenue,  2185  Seventh  Avenue  and 
1010  Second  Avenue,  and  all  orders  left  in  any  of  them  receive  prompt 
attention,  and  as  a  number  of  delivery  wagons  are  employed  there  is  no 
delay  in  the  delivery  of  goods,  while  the  prices  are  very  reasonable. 


•If  NEW   YORK- 1896. 


ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY-FIF  l  H  STREET,  WEST  FROM  LENOX  AVE. 


173 


4(  NEW  YORK-t89e. 


THE  KIPP  WAGON  WORKS,  of  New  York,  John  L.  Kipp,  Manu- 
facturer of  Heavy  Wagons,  Carts  and  Wheels  for  Export,  Nos. 
209  and  211  Eldridge  Street,  Between  Kivington  and  Stanton 
Streets. — This  is  the  very  oldest  establishment  of  its  kind  in  New 
York,  and  the  veliicles  built  here  are  of  a  distinctly  superior  character. 
The  Kipi)  wagons  and  carts  are  strong  in  construction,  handsome  in  de- 
sign and  finish, 
and  are  noted 
for  ease  of  mo- 
tion and  dura- 
bility. T  hey 
are  warranted 
as  to  workman- 
ship and  mate- 
rial, and  are  in 
extensive  use 
in  Central  and 
South  Amei  ica. 
This  flourish- 
ing enterprise 
was  started  in 
1!*:32,  by  Quinl)y 
Kipp.  and  re- 
moved to  the 
present  loca- 
tion in  1S40. 
Mr.  John  L. 
Ki])]),  son  of 
till'  fou  n  (1  ('  r. 
w:is  t:ik(n  into 
pnitiKTslii])  in 
1S.")0.  iind  when 
his  fntber  re- 
tiiod  in  1S07, 
assumed  sole 
control  of  the 
business.  H  e 
is  manufactu- 
rer of  heavy  wagons,  carts  and  wheels  for  expmt,  and  has  a  very  large 
trade.  The  woiks  C(>m))rise  two  four-story  buildings,  oO  x  100  feet,  and 
are  provided  with  steam  ])ower  and  machinery.  The  several  departments 
are  well  ecjuipped,  and  forty  hands  are  employed  here.  The  office  is  con- 
nected by  telephone.  '•01!)  .Spring,''  and  all  orders  receive  immediate  at- 
tention.   Wagons  and  carts  are  built  to  order  on  short  notice,  and  Jobbing 


.John  L.  Kipp. 


is  promptly  and  reliably  attended  to.  Mr.  Kipp,  who  is  a  native  New 
Yorker,  is  a  man  of  practical  skill  and  many  years'  experience,  and  exer- 
cises close  personal  supervision  over  all  operations. 


PAUL  SCHLEICH,  Artistic  Wood  Carver  and  Machine  Carving,  No. 
301  East  21st  Street,  Corner  Second  Avenue. — At  the  above  address 
this  gentleman  occupies  a  commodious  floor,  50  x  150  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, ecpiipped  with  the  latest  machinery,  operated  by  steam 
power.  He  has  been  established  for  the  past  ten  years,  though  his  expe- 
rience in  his  vocation  covers  a  much  greater  period,  and  he  possesses  a 
complete  knowledge  of  all  branches  and  requirements  of  the  trade.  While 
his  customers  are  principally  in  New  York  and  vicinity,  he  also  receives 
orders  from  Boston,  Troy,  and  intervening  sections.  His  work  is  well 
known  as  being  of  the  best,  the  highest  point  of  mechanical  perfection 
being  attained,  while  his  facilities  are  such  that  all  demands  made  upon 
them  are  met  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner  at  shortest  notice.  Employ- 
ment is  given  eighteen  hands,  and  artistic  wood  carving  and  machine  carv- 
ing in  all  its  branches  aie  skillfully  executed,  a  leading  specialty  being 
made  of  building  work  of  all  kinds. 

THE  MILLER  BROS.  CUTLERY  COMPANY,  L.  A.  Lightfoot, 
Manager,  Manufactureis  of  Fine  Pocket  Cutlery,  Ink  Erasers  and 
Steel  Pens,  No.  325  Broadway. — This  enterprise  had  inception 
many  years  ago,  and  from  the  start  has  been  attended  with  emi- 
nent success.  The  present  company  has  been  organized  about  a  (juarter  of 
a  century  and  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Connecticut. 
Wm.  F.  Rockviell  is  president  and  treasurer  of  the  corporation,  and  (".  L. 
Rockwell  is  secretary.  They  are  manufacturers  of  flne  i)ocket  cutlery,  and 
turn  out  about  2000  different  patterns.  They  also  maiuifacture  ink  erasers 
and  steel  pens,  which  are  used  in  all  the  government  dei)artnu>nts  at  Wash- 
ington, and  their  goods  command  extensive  sale  throughout  the  United 
States  and  Canada.  They  also  export  quite  largely  to  Central  and  South 
America  and  do  a  big  business.  The  pocket  cutlery  made  by  this  concern  is 
of  high  grade,  and  is  noted  for  excellence.  The  "77  Aluminum  Falcon  "  pen 
and  the  all-round  commercial  pens  and  other  specialties  manufactured  by 
the  company  are  articles  of  a  very  superior  character,  and  are  in  great 
demand.  The  Miller  Bros.  Cutlery  Company  have  large  and  well- 
equipped  works  at  Meriden,  Conn.,  and  their  productive  facilities  are  flrst- 
class  in  all  respects.  Their  New  York  office  is  under  the  management  of 
Ij.  a.  Lightfoot.  A  full  line  of  goods  is  carried  here,  and  orders  are  fllled 
for  home  trade  or  export  from  this  city  on  short  notice.  The  Miller  Bros. 
Cutlery  C(nnpany  sells  to  stationers,  jobbers  and  wholesale  dealers,  .ind  can 
sujjply  the  trade  on  the  most  favorable  terms. 


4f  NEW 


CA.  MAROTZKI,  Manufactuier  of  Bar,  Store  and  Office  Fixtures; 
Office,  No.  47  New  Bowery.— Tliis  house  justly  merits  more 
thau  passing  mention  in  consequence  of  its  first-class  work  and 
*    reliable,  liberal  dealings  with  patrons.    Mr.  Marotzki  is  a  native 
of  Germany,  and  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city  for  many  years.  Having 

a  t  li  o  r  o  u  g  h 


class  work,  and  employment  is  furnished  to  a  full  force  of  skilled  and  ac 


knowledge  o  f 
the  trade,  ac- 
quired by  many 
years  of  prac- 
t  i  c  a  1  experi- 
ence, he  estab- 
lished business 
on  his  own  ac- 
count in  1870, 
and  has  devel- 
oped a  very 
large  and  sub- 
stantial trade, 
that  extends 
throughout  the 
entire  United 
.States,  with  a 
])romising  large 
e  X  J)  o  r  t  busi- 
ness, which  is 
constantly  i  n- 
ereasing  in  im- 
l)ortance.  The 
l)remises  occu- 
pied are  amply 
spacious  a  n  d 
comprise  an  en- 
tire floor  and 
basement,  each 
27  X  80  feet  in 
d  i  m  e  n  s  i  ons, 
fully  equipped 
with  all  the 
latest  improved 
tools,  machin- 
ery and  appli- 
ances for  turn- 
ing   out  first- 


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complished  workmen,  while  the  office  is  provided  witli  every  facility  for 
the  successful  transaction  of  business.  Mr.  Marotzki  is  prepared  to  exe- 
cute at  the  shortest  notice  all  orders  for  fine  cabinet  bars  and  back  bars, 
counters,  store  and  office  fixtures  in  all  the  latest  modern  styles,  in  any 
wood  desired,  including  railings,  desks,  plain  and  fancy  partitions  in  wood 
and  glass,  brass  and  plated  metal  lattice  work,  etc.  Estimates  and  special 
new  designs  are  furnished  and  submitted  when  desired,  and  contracts  of 
any  size  are  entered  into  and  filled  promptly  and  satisfactorily  at  the  low- 
est figures.  He  also  keeps  constantly  on  hand  a  full  and  complete  assort- 
ment of  counters,  bars  and  back  bars,  gas  fixtures,  show  cases,  etc.,  which 
are  oftered  at  lowest  prices,  while  he  makes  a  specialty  of  building  ice 
houses  for  saloons,  butchers,  grocers,  restaurants  and  others.  Mr.  Marotzki 
is  in  the  prime  of  life,  a  first-class  mechanic  and  reliable  dealer,  and  is 
highly  respected  in  social  and  business  circles. 

O.SCAR  MAYER,  Contractor  for  Galvanized  Iron  Work  for  Venti- 
lation, Etc.,  and  Manufacturer  of  Speaking  Tubes,  Whistles  and 
Elbows  and  Electric  Work,  No.  27  Fulton  Street.— This  gentle- 
man was  l)orn  in  I'rovidence,  R.  I.,  and  is  a  resident  of  this  city. 
He  is  a  thoroughly  practical  man,  and  the  inventor  and  patentee  of  O. 
Mayer's  refrigerators  and  cooling-rooms,  patents  on  which  were  issued  to 
him  November  1.5th,  1887.  In  combination  with  the  manufacture  of  these 
specialties  for  the  trade,  Mr.  Mayer,  as  successor  to  C.  A.  Fredericks,  con- 
tracts for  the  manufacture  of  galvanized  iron  work  for  ventilation,  etc., 
tin,  cop])er,  brass  and  sheet  iron  work  of  all  kinds;  scales,  water  coolers, 
etc..  while  latterly  he  has  actively  engaged  in  the  production  of  speaking 
tubes  and  kindred  electrical  supplies.  The  business  of  metal  working  was 
founded  twenty-five  years  ago,  and  Mr.  Mayer  has  been  the  proprietor 
thereof  since  1888.  He  occupies  four  entire  floors,  splendidly  equipped 
with  the  latest  improved  machinery  and  appliances,  and  employs  from 
thirty  to  forty  hands.  Mayer's  speaking  tubes  are  now  the  recognized 
standard  in  the  market,  and  the  sales,  both  to  the  trade  and  consumers,  are 
enormous;  also  elbows,  tees,  mouthpieces,  whistles,  buttons,  etc.  Batter- 
ies, flexible  tubing,  and  electrical  goods  generally  are  likewise  specialties, 
and  Mr.  Mayer  is  prepared  to  estimate  on  the  putting  up  of  speaking 
tubes,  electric  bells,  etc.,  at  lowest  prices,  with  an  absolute  guarantee  of 
satisfaction.  As  a  metal-worker  he  is  prepared  to  contract  for  smoke 
stacks,  ventilators  and  chimney  tops,  and  a  vast  variety  of  other  work  in 
sheet  metals.  He  builds  refrigerators  and  cooling- rooms  of  all  sizes  for 
cold  storage  warehouses,  abattoirs,  etc.,  and  with  his  exclusive  improve- 
ments absolute  refrigeration  is  secured  with  tlie  utmost  economy  in  the 
use  of  ice.  Mr.  Mayer  issues  a  valuable  catalogue,  handsomely  illustrated, 
and  which  gives  valuable  information  as  to  weights  jier  sheet  of  all  the 
metals  used  in  his  trade,  and  lowest  quotations  in  prices.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Mechanics'  and  Traders'  Exchange,  and  a  business  man  of  energy. 


174 


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ANTHONY  HUHNA,  Funeral  Director  and  Embalmer,  No.  127 
Varick  Street,  Between  Sprins;  and    Dominick  Streets;  Stable, 
No.  204  West  nth. — This  gentleman  is  a  young  man,  a  native  of 
this  city,  and  having  a  thorough  knowledge  of  this  business, 
acquired  by  long  experience,  and  being  a  graduate  of  the  United  States 

College  of  Em- 
b  a  1  ra  i  ii  g,  he 
started  this  en- 
terprise on  his 
own  account  in 
June,  18«0,  and 
has  developed 
a  large  patron- 
age, which  is 
constantly  i  n- 
creasing.  The 
premises  occU- 
p  i  e  d  are  spa- 
cious and  com- 
modious, very 
neatly  and  ajv 
p  r  ()  J)  r  i  a  t  c  ly 
littod  up  witli 
every  c  o  n- 
venience  for  the 
transaction  o  f 
business,  in- 
cluding t  e  1  e- 
phone  call  "  380 
Si)ring."'  at  sta- 
ble, and  a  full 
line  of  funeral 
r  (■  (J  u  i  s  i  t  e  s 
is  kept  con- 
stantly on  hand. 
Mr.  lluhiia  re- 
c  e  n  1 1  y  p  u  r- 
chased  the  busi- 
ness of  the  late 
William  C  o  tt- 
Tnan,  and  is 
jirepared  to  as- 
sume charge  of 
obsequies  from 


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the  moment  of  decease  until  the  last  rites  are  performed,  thus  relieving 
the  bereaved  friends  and  relatiives  of  all  trouble  and  annoyance  incident  to 
such  occasions.  The  service  rendered  is  first-class  in  every  respect,  and 
prices  are  always  reasonable  and  just.  A  specialty  is  made  of  embalming, 
and  the  process  used  by  him  is  the  best  known  to  science. 


ABRAHAMS  &  SCHWARZ.  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Fine  Woolens, 
No.  127  Grand  Street. — This  enterprise  was  established  in  18()7,  by 
Messis.  N.  Abrahams  and  M.  Schwarz,  the  latter  formerly  a  sales- 
man for  L.  Schwarz  &  Co.  Both  gentlemen  were  born  in  Ger- 
many, but  have  resided  in  New  York  since  their  youth,  and  both  have 
grown  up  with  all  their  interests  centred  here.  They  are  thoroughly 
experienced  in  the  handling  of  woolens,  and  secure  their  goods  from  the 
most  reputable  sources  of  supply  in  Europe  and  the  United  States.  In 
ISIi'.t  Jlr.  M.  M.  Abrahams,  son  of  Mr.  N.  Abrahams,  was  admitted  to  part- 
nership. He  is  a  native  New  Yorker,  and  an  able  young  business  man, 
l)0])ularly  known  in  the  community.  Tiie  premises  occupied  by  the  firm 
are  30  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  are  completely  stocked  with  fine 
woolens  of  all  kinds.  The  firm  have  dispensed  with  traveling  salesmen, 
thus  saving  the  great  exjjcnse  that  attended  them,  and  as  they  conduct  all 
operations  through  the  mail,  they  are  in  a  position  to  sell  much  cbeai)er. 
An  examination  of  tbeir  price  quotations  will  discover  them  to  be  much 
lower  than  those  of  their  contemporaries,  and  orders  from  any  part  of  the 
Union  are  filled  without  delay. 

EE.  FRANCIS  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  and  Commission  Dealers  in 
Stiff  and  Soft  Fur  Hats,  by  the  Case  Only,  No.  16  Waverly  Place.— 
^  This  enterprising  firm  is  composed  of  E.  E.  Francis  and  E.  Doane. 
both  of  whom  are  men  of  energy  and  experience  and  thoroughly  con 
versant  with  the  wants  of  the  trade.  They  started  in  business  nine  years 
ago,  and  have  been  very  prosperous  from  the  first.  They  formerly  had  their 
salesroom  at  No.  209  (iieone  Street,  and  removed  to  the  present  address  in 
January,  1894.  They  have  a  large  and  well-equipped  factory  at  Newark, 
N.  J.,  and  give  employment  to  seventy-five  hands  there.  E.  E.  Francis  & 
Co.  are  manufacturers  of  and  commission  dealers  in  stiff  and  soft  fur  hats. 
They  have  excellent  j)roductive  facilities,  and  turn  out  goods  in  fine  and 
medium  grades.  They  sell  by  the  case  only,  and  their  trade,  which  is  large 
and  active,  extends  throughout  the  United  States.  The  quarters  occu- 
pied by  them  in  this  city  are  spacious  and  commodious,  and  several  clerks 
and  salesmen  are  emjjloyed  here.  A  very  large  stock  is  carried,  and  in- 
cludes stiff  and  soft  fur  hats,  in  the  latest  styles,  in  all  shapes  and  in  all 
sizes.  The  lirm  is  i)rei)arcd  to  (|uote  lowest  prices  to  the  trade,  and  all 
orders  receive  prompt  and  caielul  attention. 


4f  NEW   YORK- f  896.  It* 


ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY-FIFTH  STREET,  WEST  FROM  SEVENTH  AVE. 


176 


^  NEW  YORK-t896. 


KAMPFE  BROTHERS,  Mainifactuvers  of  the  Star  Safety  Razor,  No. 
8  Reade  Street. — To  many  men  the  necessity  of  liavin^  to  suhniit 
their  faces  to  the  manipulations  of  the  barber  is  extremely  irk- 
some. In  many  countries  every  man  is  his  own  barber,  but  not  so 
in  America,  where  everybody  is  in  too  great-a  hurry  to  devote  any  part  of 
his  workiuK  hours  to  the  task  of  thus  completing  the  details  of  his  daily 
toilet.  Of  late,  however,  there  has  been  a  noticeable  change  in  tliis  direc- 
tion, and  the  number  of  those  who  perform  their  own  shaving  is  fast  in- 
creasing. This  is  largely  the  result  of  the  intioductiou  to  the  public  of 
the  Star  Safety  Razor,  which  is  the  first  and  only  one  that  has  invariably 


given  perfect  satisfaction.  It  is  the  invention  of  the  Messrs.  Kampfe 
Brothers,  and  is  manufactured  by  them  at  their  works  here  in  this  city. 
Tlicse  gentlemen,  Ihe  Messis.  Frederick,  Otto,  and  Richard  Kampfe,  are 
n^ifives  of  Germany,  whence  they  came  to  this  city  in  their  childhood. 
Tliey  began  to  manufacture  the  Star  Safety  Razor  and  su])plies  in  1876,  and 
secured  the  first  patent  thereon  on  June  lo,  1880.  They  luive  since  added 
many  improvements  to  it,  all  of  which  have  also  been  patented  at  various 
dates,  in  1880,  lS8(j,  1887  and  1888  in  this  country,  and  in  England  on  March 
8,  1887.  They  have  built  up  a  very  large  trade  in  both  tliis  countiy  and 
Eurojie,  and  their  sales  show  a  steady  annual  increase.  With  the  Star 
Safety  Razor  shaving  becomes  an  easy  and  convenient  luxury,  and  there  is 
no  danger  of  cutting  the  face,  which,  in  fact,  is  an  absolute  imiiossibility. 
Therein  lies  the  secret  of  its  great  popularity  with  all  those  who  have  once 
used  it.  The  "  Star  Safety  "  was  awarded  the  medal  of  superiority  at  the 
American  Institute  in  1884,  '85,  '80.  Their  factory  is  fitted  up  with  steam 
power,  and  the  best  improved  machinery,  the  output  is  large,  and  some 
forty-five  workmen  are  emjiloyed. 


TUCKER  STATIONERY  COMPANY,  Manufacturing  and  Retail 
Stationers,  No.  .51  Nassau  Street. — This  business  w'as  established 
i  1  1867  by  Hasbrouck  &  Watson,  who  were  succeeded,  in  1882, 
uy  Tucker  &  Co.  They  conducted  it  up  to  1894,  when  the  Tucker 
Stationery  Company  was  organized.  The  concein  is  incorporated  under 
the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  has  a  capital  stock  of  $50,000. 
H.  F.  Ijce  is  president  of  the  company,  and  H.  A.  Tucker,  treasurer.  They 
are  manufacturing  and  retail  stationers,  ])rinters  and  account  book  makers, 
and  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  tyi)ewriter  papers  and  supplies,  and 
have  a  very  large  city  and  out  of  town  trade.  Tlieyhave  superior  facilities 
for  manufacturing,  and  the  printing  and  other  departments  are  well- 
equipped  in  every  respect.  The  premises  occu))ied  by  them  are  spacious  and 
commodious,  and  are  fitted  up  in  the  most  complete  manner.  All  conven- 
iences are  provided,  including  steam  power,  four  presses,  a  fine  outfit  of 
type,  etc.,  and  a  large  force  is  employed  in  the  establishment.  The  office 
is  connected  by  telephone,  call :  "  1846  Cortlandt,"  and  everything  about 
the  jilace  bespeaks  order  and  excellent  management.  Ledgers  and  account 
books  of  every  description  are  ruled  to  any  pattern  for  the  trade,  and  steel 
and  copperplate  engraving  and  jirinting  are  done  in  the  most  superior 
manner,  on  short  notice.  Type  printing  is  executed  in  the  best  style  of  the 
art,  and  lithographed  heads  of  all  kinds.  Engraved  and  steel  dies  and 
embossing  are  promptly  attended  to.  The  prices  charged  for  all  classes  of 
work  here  are  very  reasonable,  and  perfect  satisfaction  is  assured.  In  the 
retail  stationery  department  can  always  be  found  a  very  large  and  fine 
stock  of  specialties  and  sundries.  They  can  supply  merchants,  bankers, 
i-ailroad  companies,  corporations,  lawyers,  etc.,  at  lowest  prices,  and  all 
orders  receive  immediate  attention. 


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177 


Aw.  MATHEWS.  Koofiiicr,  Metal  Cornices  and  Skylights,  124th 
Street  and  East  River. — This  business  was  started  in  ISTO  by  James 
^  Mathews,  who  was  succeeded  in  1S!I2  by  iiis  son,  tlie  present  pro- 
prietor, who  has  since  continued  it  with  uninterrupted  success. 
Mr.  Matthews  is  a  native  Xew  Yorker,  born  i^d  brousjht  up  in  Harlem.  He 
is  a  man  of  i)ractical  skill  and  thorough  exi)erience,  and  is  active  and  ener- 
getic. He  exercises  close  personal  su])ervision  over  all  operations,  and 
be.irs  a  well-ileserved  reputation  for  reliability.  He  is  well  known  in  the 
building  trades,  and  is  perfectly  trustworthy  in  executing  contracts.  His 
shop  is  well  efjuipped,  and  ten  to  twelve  conijjetent  workmen  are  employed 
by  him.  Mr.  Mathews  is  prepared  to  do  all  classes  of  tin,  metal  and  slate 
roofing,  and  can  guarantee  satisfaction.  Estimates  are  furnished,  and 
work  is  executed  with  promptness  and  reliability.  Metal  cornices  and  sky- 
lights are  made  and  put  in  place  by  him.  and  gutters  and  leaders  are  put 
up.  Roofs  are  repaired  and  painted,  and  jobbing  generally  is  done  in  the 
most  thorough  manner,  on  short  notice,  at  reasonable  rates.  All  orders 
receive  prompt  and  personal  attention,  and  all  work  is  fully  warranted. 

CARROLL  J.  POST.  .Jli .  Designing  and  Engraving  on  Wood,  Room 
S,  East  River  Bank  Building.  Xo.  :!  Chambers  Street. — This  gen- 
tleman does  designing  and  engraving  on  wood,  and  fully  sustains 
the  reputation  he  enjoys.  He  turns  out  work  that  is  triumph 
in  its  way,  and  receives  a  flattering  share  of  recognition.  Machinery  is  his 
specialty,  and  by  a  process  develoi)ed  and  elaborated  by  him,  he  is  able 
to  reproduce  from  pliotograph  or  half-tone  enornving  an  illustration  of 
engines,  machines,  etc..  showing  in  detail,  in  different  shades  and  tints, 
the  various  parts  of  the  appar.itus.  This,  it  is  needless  to  say.  is  an  inno- 
vation and  an  improvement  in  the  art  and  imparts  to  an  illustration  in 
book  or  catalogue  a  quality  the  value  of  which  is  at  once  apparent,  the 
outline  and  features  of  the  contrivance  illustrated  being  by  this  process  so 
accentuated  that  a  complete  and  perfect  idea  of  the  machine  and  its  parts 
is  readily  and  accurately  conveyed.  Mr.  Post  has  been  established  about 
twelve  years,  and  has  acquired  a  large  pationage.  He  has  several  com- 
petent assistants,  and  is  prepared  to  execute  all  classes  of  work  in  this  line. 

EO  ALEXANDER  &  CO..  Agricultural  Inii)lements  and  Machinery, 
l         Railway  and  Contractors'  Supi.lies.  Xo.  41  Dey  Street.— One  of  the 
I    V    leading  American  firms  making  a  specialty  of  supplying  the  foreign 
demand  for  American  agricultural  instruments  is  the  house  of 
Leo  Alexander  &  Co.,  of  this  city,  which  was  established  by  Mr.  Leo 
Alexander  in  1SS5.    They  deal  in  agricultural  implements  of  every  variety 
and  description,  and  supply  an  extensive  export  trade  demand.  The 
business  of  the  firm  has  been  so  capably  managed  as  to  have  established 
for  it  a  high  reputation  in  mercantile  circles,  and  the  growth  of  the  house 


keeps  even  pace  with  the  development  of  agricultural  interests  in  the 
tropical  regions.  The  firm  deals  al.so  in  railway  and  contractors'  supplies 
on  a  large  scale.  Mr.  Leo  Alexander  is  also  manager  of  the  Xew  York 
and  export  office  of  B.  F.  Avery  Sons,  manufacturers  of  ])lows  and  cul- 
tivating implements  of  all  kinds,  whose  factory  is  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  and 
has  covered  nearly  every  part  of  the  globe  in  their  interest. 

AR.  HOLTHUSEX,  Manufacturer  of  Ginger  Ale,  Sarsai)arilla, 
Soda,  and  all  kinds  of  Mineral  Waters,  Xo.  1731  Avenue  A, 
^  Corner  90th  Street.— Six  years  ago,  the  gentleman  whose  name 
heads  this  sketch  established  himself  in  business.  He  prospered 
from  the  start  and  soon  built  up  a  large  trade.  He  i)roduces  a  very  excel- 
lent article,  and  his  products  are  in  steady  anil  increasing  demand  through- 
out the  city  and  subuibs.  Mr.  Holthusen  is  a  young  man  of  push  and 
energy  and  has  won  success  by  eai  nest,  honest  and  well-directed  effort.  He 
has  a  thorough  practical  experience  in  the  business  and  exercises  close  per- 
sonal supervision  over  all  operations.  He  is  well  and  favorably  known  in 
the  trade,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Xew  York  Bottlers'  Association.  He 
has  first-class  facilities  and  employs  ten  or  more  in  help,  while  four 
wagons  serve  customers.  Mr.  Holthusen  manufactures  ginger  ale  of  a 
superior  quality,  also  pure  and  delicious  soda  and  all  kinds  of  mineral 
waters,  sarsai)arilla,  etc.  He  carries  a  large  and  fine  stock  on  hand  always, 
and  can  supply  saloons,  restaurants,  drug  stores,  confectionery  stores  and 
families  on  the  most  favorable  terms.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  supplying 
saloons,  and  can  offer  inducements  to  the  trade. 

LBARTH.  Havana  and  .Sumatra  Tobacco  and  Packer  of  Seed  Leaf, 
Xo.  221  East  .jftth  .Street. — This  enterprise  was  inaugurated  in  188!) 
,  by  Mr.  Barth.  who  brings  vast  practical  experience  to  bear, 
coupled  with  an  intimate  knowledge  of  leaf  tobaccos,  and  in 
regard  to  which  he  is  a  recognized  authority.  His  connections  and  facili- 
ties are  of  the  most  superior  character,  enabling  him  to  secure  his  sup- 
plies of  domestic  and  foreign  leaf  almost  directly  from  the  growers.  He 
has  large  warehouses  in  Connecticut,  and  at  all  times  carries  a  heavy  stock 
on  hand.  An  extensive,  active  demand  is  sujiplied.  the  trade  coming  from 
all  parts  of  Xew  York,  Xew  .Jersey,  and  the  Xew  England  States.  Two 
traveling  salesmen  and  a  staff  of  clerks  are  employed,  and  every  facility  is 
at  hand  for  the  prompt  fulfillment  of  orders.  Mr.  Barth  is  a  native  of 
Germany,  but  has  resided  in  Xew  York  twenty-six  years,  and  during  the 
entire  time  has  been  connected  with  the  leaf  tobacco  trade,  having  been 
for  twenty-one  years  with  Krebs  &  Spies,  before  engaging  in  business  on 
his  own  account.  His  mercantile  standing  is  unquestioned  and  his  name 
is  popularly  known  in  tobacco  circles. 


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THE  HEYDEBRAXD  SAFETY  WINDOW  COMPANY,  Main  Office, 
Decker  Build ii).<;-.  No.  3o  Union  Square;  Branch  Offices,  Boston, 
Chicago,  aud  Toronto. — In  this  advanced  staj^e  of  the  architectural 
profession,  important  improvements  are  bein<;-  made  in  eveiy 
branch  of  the  building  trade.  One  of  these  many  improvements  which 
deserves  more  than  a  passing  notice  is  a  safety  window  which  is  being 
placed  on  the  market  by  the  Ileydebrand  Safety  Window  Company,  of  this 
city.  More  than  three  hundred  patents  have  been  taken  out  on  safety  win- 
dows during  the  last  hundred  years.  Of  this  large  number  only  tluee  or 
four  have  ever  been  put  to  i)ractical  use,  and  these  only  in  very  limited 
numbers.  It  has  remained  for  the  Heydebrand  Safety  Window  Comi)any, 
which  was  incorporated  in  \S'X>.  to  introduce  the  only  practical  and  cheap 
device  of  the  kind  ever  invented,  and  during  the  company's  brief  though 
successful  career  of  less  than  two  years,  it  has  tilled  orders  for  more  safety 
windows  than  all  other  companies  combined.  The  Ileydebrand  Safety 
Window  is  to  all  outward  appearance  the  ordinary  window  in  general  use, 
yet  it  has  a  patented  li.\ture  attached  to  the  sashes  which  enables  them  to 
be  reversed  at  i)leasure,  bringing  the  outside  of  the  glass  on  the  inside  for 
cleaning,  thus  preventing  any  accident  to  the  cleaner.  When  one  realizes 
how  many  hundreds  have  been  killed  or  maimed  while  cleaning  windows, 
it  will  be  ai)parent  that,  solely  from  humane  motives,  the  '■  Heydebrand  " 
should  everywhere  replace  the  dangerous  window  now  in  use.  Both 
sashes  can  be  revolved  and  brought  together  in  a  horizontal  position,  thus 
in  hot  weather  leaving  the  entire  window  open  for  the  purpose  of  ventila- 
tion: and,  as  the  inside  beads  are  double-rabbetted,  a  straight  joint  is 
avoided,  and  the  window  becomes  absolutely  weather-proof  when  shut. 
Screens  can  also  be  used,  the  same  as  with  the  ordinary  w  indow.  Both 
sashes  can  be  removed  from  the  frame  for  glazing  or  other  repairs,  in  one 
minute,  and  without  the  use  of  hammer,  screwdriver,  or  other  tools.  The 
fact  that  the  Heydebrand  windows  have  come  largely  into  use  in  Canada, 
where  there  is  such  a  severe  winter  climate  emphatically  proves  that  they 
are  coi;l-pi  oof.  These  w  indows  are  of  such  simple  construction  that,  inclu- 
sive of  the  necessary  hardware,  they  cost  but  little  more  than  ordinary  win- 
dows. Leading  architects  and  builders,  after  critically  examining  this 
invention,  nnd  in  many  instances  thoroughly  testing  it.  by  having  their 
office  windows  replaced  by  the  Heydebrand,"  have  cordially  endorsed  it, 
and  piactically  show  their  earnest  approval  by  specifying  it  in  their  build- 
ing contracts.  The  company  have  on  file  in  their  office  a  large  number  of 
autograph  letters  from  the  mcst  prominent  architects  in  the  country,  all 
expressing  themselves  in  the  most  flattering  terms  concerning  the  prac- 
ticability and  usefulness  of  the  "  Heydebrand  window.  Amongthe  many 
modern  structures  into  which  these  windows  have  been  or  will  be  intro- 
ducetl  mhy  be  mentioned:  The  Bowling  Green  building.  Xew  York.  W.  & 
Ct.  Audsley.  arcliitei  rs:  Warren  Chamber  building.  Boston.  Ball  &  Dabney, 
architects;  Fuitou  &  Market  National  Bank,  New  York,  William  B.  Tubby, 


arcliitect;  Borgfeldt  building.  New  York,  Alfred  Zucker,  architect;  Colum- 
bia College,  Hive  buildings)  New  York.  McKini,  Meade  iV  White,  architects; 
Johnston  building.  New  York,  J.  B.  Baker,  architect;  Buffalo  Public 
Schools,  Board  of  Education;  New  Hoffman  House,  New  York,  Alfred 
Zucker.  architect:  ten  Public  Schools,  New  York.  Board  of  Education; 
.Athletic  Club,  New  York,  Wm.  A.  Cable,  architect;  Armeny  building.  New 
York,  De  Lemos  &  Cordes,  architects;  Proctor's  Pleasure  Palace.  New- 
York,  J.  B.  McElfatrick  <fc  Son,  architects;  office  building.  Montreal, 
Canada;  I'niversity  of  City  of  New  York,  Alfred  Zucker.  architect;  Ferdi- 
nand building,  Boston,  John  L.  Faxon,  architect;  Iloboken  Public  Library, 
A.  Beyer,  architect;  Globe  building,  Toronto,  Canada,  and  in  many  fine 
private  dwellings,  all  representing  the  highest  class  of  architectural  work. 
The  special  advantages  of  the  Heydebrand  Safety  Window  are  safety  in 
cleaning  or  painting,  the  best  possible  ventilation,  and  imperviousness  to 
wind,  rain,  or  snow,  thus  dispensing  with  the  costly  weather-strips,  and 
the  old-fashioned  wide  sills,  which  are  so  disfiguring  to  a  building.  With 
its  invalualile  iuiprovenients.  the  "  Ileydebrand  is  the  coming  window  of 
the  age,  and  that  it  is  both  i)ractical  and  serviceable  and  has  passed  the 
experimental  stage  is  shown  by  its  large  sale  during  the  two  years  it  has 
been  iii)on  the  market. 

THE  JOHN  P.  HOLLAND  TORPEDO  BOAT  COMPANY.  No.  25 
Pine  Street.— The  gi  andest  achievement  in  the  line  of  naval  war- 
fare of  late  years  is  the  construction  of  their  new  torpedo  boat 
by  the  John  P.  Holland  Torpedo  Boat  Company,  whose  offices  are 
located  as  above.  This  company  was  incorporated  in  1802.  under  the  laws 
of  the  state  of  New  York,  with  a  capital  of  >;oOO,000.  and  is  officered  as 
follows,  viz:  Caleb  B.  Knevals,  president;  J.  D.  Kurtz  Crook,  vice-presi- 
dent: Elihu  B.  Frosty  treasurer.  The  boats  of  this  company  are  built  from 
plans  made  by  Mr.  John  P.  Holland,  and  the  one  recently  completed  at 
the  Columbia  Iron  Works  at  Baltimore.  JId.,  is  the  sixth  of  the  kind,  and 
has  many  improvements  over  its  predecessors.  It  is  a  submarine  boat, 
shaped  like  a  cigar.  When  on  the  surface  of  the  water,  steam  is  the  motive 
power,  but  when  submerged  an  electric  storage  battery  is  used:  the  smoke 
stack  and  pilot  house  sink  into  the  boat,  and  the  torpedo  is  discharged  by 
compressed  air.  The  Holland  submarine  boat  was  recommended  to  Sec- 
retary of  the  Navy  Tracy  by  Commodore  Sampson,  late  chief  of  the 
bureau  having  the  matter  in  charge,  as  follows:  The  system  propo.-;ed  by 
the  accompanying  plans  possesses  features  which,  if  adopted,  would  prove 
a  powerful  auxiliary  for  purposes  of  coast  defense.  The  development  of 
the  most  promising  of  the  proposed  systems  of  submarine  wariare,  of 
which  this  is  one.  should,  in  the  opinion  of  this  bureau,  be  iindertaken,  as 
by  it  a  powerful  addition  to  the  defen.'-ive  armament  could  bo  provided  at 
a  moderate  expense."'  Again  in  a  report  of  board  on  submarine  boats 
submitted  to  Bureau  of  Ordnance,  May  8,  1C88,  appears  the  following: 


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"After  considering  the  conditions  under  which  a  submarine  boat  would 
l)r()bably  be  useful  to  the  United  States  Navy,  the  board  is  of  the  opinion 
that  the  ijualitics  ])romised  for  the  American  boat  are  more  valuable  than 
those  for  the  Nordenfeldt,  while  the  chances  of  obtaining  the  results  antici- 
pated by  the  designers  seem  equally  probable."  (This  boat  was  designed 
by  John  P.Holland.)  Thus  it  is  to  be  seen  that  the  Holland  submarine 
boats  have  received  almost  the  unqualified  endorsement  of  those  in  au- 
thority, and  the  question  of  an  ami)le  supply  of  them  to  the  navy  de])art- 
ment  is  simply  one  of  time,  as  a  bill  has  already  passed  Congress  looking 
to  their  adoption,  and  with  the  coast  protection  afforded  by  this  type  of 
marine  architecture  it  would  seem  beyond  question  for  any  foreign  nation, 
however  strong  their  naval  arm,  to  effectually  blockade  any  of  our  ports. 
■•  Le  Yacht"  the  foremost  French  Naval  Magazine,  in  its  issue  of  June 
(!th,  ISlHi,  says: — "The  Holland  is  the  first  submarine  boat  constructed  on 
rational  data."  This  company  is  in  advance  of  all  its  rivals  in  enterprise 
and  progressive  methods,  always  on  the  alert  for  improvement,  and  its 
management  is  endowed  with  a  genius  for  invention  and  an  ambition  to 
excel.  A  branch  office  is  operated  at  No.  .38  Corcoran  Building,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  The  officers  of  the  company  are  well-known  New  Yorkers,  ex- 
perienced as  manufacturers  and  sound,  reliable  and  responsible  in  all  their 
business  methods. 


FR.  FREKICHS,  Manufacturer  of  and  Dealer  in  Vinegar  and  Pickles, 
Nos.  413  and  415  West  37th  Street. — This  gentleman,  who  was  born 
in  Germany,  came  to  this  country  some  thirty  years  ago,  and  em- 
barked in  this  line  of  manufacture  in  Joliet,  Hlinois.  In  1871  he 
removed  his  works  to  this  city  and  has  built  up  a  large  and  flourishing 
trade.  His  premises  are  .jO  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  equipped  with  a 
full  complement  of  apparatus  and  appliances  re((uisite  for  the  business, 
while  everything  tending  to  facilitate  perfect  production  is  added  as  soon 
as  it  appears,  and  from  eight  to  ten  skilled  hands  are  constantly  employed. 
In  the  manufacture  of  his  goods  nothing  but  the  best  materials  are  used, 
and  the  processes  employed  assure  the  best  possible  results.  It  has  been 
Mr.  Frericlis"  steady  policy  to  maintain  the  highest  standard  of  perfection, 
and  in  every  department  the  most  rigid  inspection  is  exercised,  and  as  a  re- 
sult this  house  has  a  splendid  reputation  for  the  uniform  excellence  of  its 
goods.  A  heavy  stock  is  always  carried  and  the  fine  facilities  and  iiiHuen- 
tial  connections  jiossessed  by  him  enable  Mi'.  Frerichs  to  grant  advantages 
to  patrons  in  the  way  of  terms  and  prices,  that  are  rarely  obtained  else- 
where. 


